How to Use exaggerate in a Sentence

exaggerate

verb

• The book exaggerates the difficulties he faced in starting his career.
• He exaggerated his movements so we could see them more clearly.
• He tends to exaggerate when talking about his accomplishments.
• It's impossible to exaggerate the importance of this discovery.
• It’s part of our job to exaggerate; it’s part of our job to go there.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
• Dark shades can 'bleed' and exaggerate lines around the lips.
  — Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2023
• But that doesn’t stand in the way of our tendency to exaggerate the merits of the past.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2022
• But some online posts exaggerate the depth of the drop.
  — Devon Link, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
• Clark fell to the floor on that play but was called out by some fans for exaggerating the impact of the hit.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
• In this way, Zenith Labs seems to exaggerate many of the benefits of their products.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
• And the best way to do that was to exaggerate her slightly in one direction.
  — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2021
• He’s humble, not one to brag or talk tough, and not one to exaggerate either.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 19 May 2022
• There is no way to exaggerate quite how thoroughly the World Cup took over Qatar.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2022
• That makes the ball bounce higher and slower and exaggerates any spin.
  — Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
• It’s hard to exaggerate the viciousness of what Michael Vick did.
  — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• Meanwhile, if your skin is oil-prone, sweat can also exaggerate the oils and shine.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 6 June 2024
• But at the same time, there is a good chance that Guardiola was exaggerating, just a touch.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• A lot of times people feel like some rappers exaggerate their street cred, but this was not the case with Biggie.
  — Chuck Arnold, Billboard, 21 May 2022
• The mirrored wall was placed off-center to exaggerate the asymmetry of the room.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2022
• Artists have been known to exaggerate the good looks of the ruling class, so presumably these images are more fair.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 5 Oct. 2020
• Despite that, analysts caution not to exaggerate the impact the use of the Zircon could have on the war as a whole.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
• The Telluride has more head- and legroom in both the second and third rows, and, like in a big house, its large windows and tall ceiling exaggerate the feeling of airiness.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2020
• Hard to exaggerate what Ted Lasso has done for profile of men’s football in the United States.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• That work of drama vastly exaggerated the heroes and villains of the trial and the town.
  — Lisa Grunwald, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
• And whereas often callers exaggerate the size of snakes when calling the shelter, in this case the python was just as big as the callers thought.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 24 Dec. 2022
• And the president has been more than willing to exaggerate the success of his efforts.
  — John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 7 Nov. 2020
• Other pages are dog-eared or blown up to exaggerate their grainy texture.
  — Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 6 May 2022
• Campfire storytellers take a true-life tale and exaggerate it in the spirit of spooky stories told around a fire.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2021
• The scene suggests that Alcala exaggerated his role at the newspaper to gain access to his subjects.
  — Barry Levitt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
• The suits’ blond locks exaggerated the subtlest movements.
  — Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024