EXAGGERATE in a Sentence
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80 example sentences for EXAGGERATE, such as:
1. My dear fellow, you exaggerate.
2. John is rather given to exaggeration.
3. Don't exaggerate the size of the enemy force!
4. The threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated.
5. These problems have been exaggerated by the media.
2. John is rather given to exaggeration.
3. Don't exaggerate the size of the enemy force!
4. The threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated.
5. These problems have been exaggerated by the media.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of EXAGGERATE
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exaggerate
v. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
v. do something to an excessive degree
Classic Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1 My very good friend and excellent neighbor," replied the count, with a smile, "you really exaggerate my trifling exertions.
2 Nevertheless, you must not exaggerate the evil," said Monte Cristo, "for by endeavoring to avoid one fault you will fall into another.
3 "I think, sir, you exaggerate your situation," said Madame Danglars, whose beautiful eyes sparkled for a moment.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney.
Context Highlight In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney.
4 Impostor," repeated Villefort; "certainly, madame, you appear to extenuate some cases, and exaggerate others.
5 But we perhaps exaggerate the gray or sable tinge, which undoubtedly characterized the mood and manners of the age.
6 I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources or the difficulties of my life.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
7 "But just because you feel yourself responsible, you exaggerate it, I am afraid," she said.
8 Nor did wild rumors of all sorts fail to exaggerate, and still the more horrify the true histories of these deadly encounters.
9 He began to exaggerate the endurance, the skill, and the valor of those who were coming.
10 Say whatever your memory suggests is true; but add nothing and exaggerate nothing.
11 My dear fellow, you exaggerate.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
12 "I exaggerate everything, that is where I go wrong," I repeated to myself every hour.
13 Do not exaggerate the service I have the happiness to render your Majesty.
14 He said to himself that he had doubtless exaggerated the significance of Zeena's threats, and that she too, with the return of daylight, would come to a saner mood.
15 She caught hold of the back of the chair, her knees going weak under her, as Rhett Butler rose from the sofa where he had been lying and made her a bow of exaggerated politeness.
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of the riots because of the way some reporters distort and exaggerate the actual events.
2 Don't exaggerate the size of the enemy force!
3 It isn't that he lied exactly, but he did tend to exaggerate.
4 They should be sceptical of exaggerated claims for what such courses can achieve.
5 The threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated.
6 Western fears, he insists, are greatly exaggerated.
7 The minister suggested that the dire prophecies of certain leading environmentalists were somewhat exaggerated.
8 These problems have been exaggerated by the media.
9 While the first impression of a traditional clown may be one of frivolity, the exaggerated makeup, clothing, expressions.
10 The operatic performer is trained to make an exaggerated gesticulation because of the large auditorium.
11 His memoir was full of descriptions of puissant military heroics, but most were exaggerations or outright lies.
12 There was a degree of exaggeration in his description of events.
13 The company described reports of environmental disaster as gross exaggeration.
14 John is rather given to exaggeration.
15 The dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness.