Sentence examples for a whiff of hyperbole from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a whiff of hyperbole" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a statement or claim that is exaggerated or not entirely accurate, often in a humorous or light-hearted context.
Example: "His description of the event had a whiff of hyperbole, making it sound far more dramatic than it actually was."
Alternatives: "a hint of exaggeration" or "a touch of overstatement".

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Without a whiff of hyperbole, the catalog describes the car as "the drive of a lifetime".

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The buzz which hummed around the opening last year of Sushi Tetsu, a tiny seven-seater off the Clerkenwell Road, had about it the whiff of hyperbole.

But Ms. Volpato's screed against Italy's "famously patriarchal culture" has the whiff of hyperbole.

A whiff of schadenfreude.

A whiff of withholding information does that.

A whiff of hypocrisy?

It also carried a whiff of panic.

I detect a whiff of desert wildflowers.

Sometimes there's a whiff of scandal.

But not a whiff of that here.

Not a whiff of lesbianism.

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