Sentence examples for inflated figure from inspiring English sources

This is a highly inflated figure.

One suspects that £5m is a grossly inflated figure.

This claim adds another two percentage points to Mr. Trump's already inflated figure.

Beyaert concocted a vastly inflated figure, which the vice-president doubled, and the Frenchman accepted.

A Swedish paper published a death toll of between a hundred thousand and two hundred thousand, and this inflated figure proved remarkably tenacious.

This can be compared to counting the population of Manhattan in the daytime, which would give a vastly inflated figure because of the influx of commuters from neighbouring areas.

Inflated figures about how many enslaved people Tubman rescued also seeped into the discussions.

The Nigerian president signed off a national budget loaded with dozens of questionable expenditures and some blatantly inflated figures.

The investigation followed allegations that senior officials had inflated figures and mismanaged the funds meant to support them.

The district attorney of Nassau County said on Friday that his office was investigating the circulation figures of Newsday, which acknowledged this week that it had reported inflated figures.

Rival studios, meanwhile, will give out the most wildly inflated figures they can, driving expectations through the roof and making the executive look like a fool.