Sentence examples for exaggeration over from inspiring English sources

Official confusion and exaggeration over Isis stands to make that task harder still.

It was only a slight exaggeration: over the past two seasons the Brazilian attended fewer than half.

To be fair, that's a bit of an exaggeration: over the past year, there's obviously been a huge jump in the number of weekly jobless claims, and even from January to February, there was a significant change.

It was being compared to Bosnia, to her exaggeration over the sniper fire — just another tall tale from Hillary Clinton.

Exaggeration over fentanyl's spread into the mainstream drug market is part of a wider panic about police and medics overdosing on fentanyl just from being near it or by touching it, despite this being impossible.

Old school sales tactics, exemplified by the exaggeration, over-promising and under-delivering made famous by used car salesmen, are becoming a thing of the past.

hyperbole Over-the-top exaggeration for effect.

[For those of you who do not perceive or understand satire: the following is hyperbole, over-the-top exaggeration, which in this case is used to make the point that Internet trolling, hypersensitive Americans will be outraged by nearly anything you say or print.]. 1) "I was in front of the TV, with a sleeve of Oreos".

That uncharitable viewpoint is an exaggeration and over-simplification - no manager could enjoy sustained success over many months without exerting a strong degree of control and authority in the dressing-room.

Badges are also available describing John Kerry's alleged "lies and exaggerations" over the purple heart medals he won in Vietnam and his political "double-vision".

Mr Winterkorn told the annual meeting that VW had "seen any number of interpretations, speculations and - unfortunately - even exaggerations over the past few weeks.