Sentence examples for things exaggerated from inspiring English sources

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"All action must," he wrote, "be planned in a mere twilight, which -- like the effect of a fog or moonshine -- gives to things exaggerated dimension and an unnatural appearance".

Using the direct literal translation of the 19th century, his words were "The great uncertainty of all data in war is a peculiar difficulty, because all action must, to a certain extent, be planned in a mere twilight, which in addition not unfrequently -- like the effect of a fog or moonshine -- gives to things exaggerated dimension and an unnatural appearance".

"The great uncertainty of all data in war is a peculiar difficulty, because all action must, to a certain extent, be planned in a mere twilight, which in addition not infrequently - like the effect of a fog or moonshine - gives to things exaggerated dimensions and unnatural appearance".

So the question for HARVEY PEKAR -- the underground comic book writer and retired government file clerk who is the subject of "American Splendor" -- and his wife, JOYCE BRABNER: were things exaggerated?

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I think because I cartoonized the footage of myself in the video for 'Video Games' things look exaggerated".

Then we were off again - kids ecstatic and husband getting into the swing of things with exaggerated Gallic gestures of disapproval - through the pine forests and vine-heavy hills of Alsace.

Nobody who has subjected themselves to the endless stream of portentous selfies on Bieber's Instagram account will be remotely surprised that the formidably self-obsessed teen didn't bother apologising to fans until the next day, when a PR disaster was threatening to affect his career, and even then only with phrases such as "I'm not OK with things being exaggerated" thrown into his statement.

"I'm not okay with things being exaggerated," he wrote on Twitter.

Yet things get exaggerated or blown out of proportion.

Maybe this whole playground-of-the-rich thing is exaggerated?

The whole thing's exaggerated, but I think the play was trying to show that there wasn't any affection – it was just an automatic process.

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