How to Use exaggerated in a Sentence

exaggerated

adjective

• My mother gives an exaggerated sigh and looks down like a child who has been deprived of a toy.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
• Her dark charcoal smoky eye and exaggerated winged liner rounded out the Rep feel of the look.
  — Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
• The reason for the exaggerated height of the wing was so that the trunk lid on the production cars could pass underneath it and fully open.
  — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2023
• The whole thing about being booed at Cannes, that was exaggerated.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
• Yet again, rumors of the suit’s demise have proved to be greatly exaggerated.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2022
• The last run goes for a touchdown — easy enough that the Michigan State product could do an exaggerated dive into the end zone.
  — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024
• The look comprised a black V-neck wrap midi-dress, with an exaggerated belt detail across the midriff.
  — Alex Kessler, Vogue, 29 June 2023
• At the rehearsal, the dancers would sometimes laugh at the exaggerated gestures of sniffing a dish or checking a watch.
  — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
• Much to the chagrin of many in Washington, reports of the death of the Tea Party have been greatly exaggerated.
  — Akash Chougule, National Review, 16 May 2024
• The skin around her eyes was red and irritated, and all of the wrinkles on her pretty face were exaggerated.
  — Hazlitt, 26 July 2023
• Denizens of the day would pair that with equally roomy, extra-long suit jackets with exaggerated lapels.
  — Thalía Henao, Allure, 3 May 2022
• The coat has classic lapels above exaggerated panels, plus a tie waist and tortoiseshell buttons that add to the luxe feel.
  — Shea Simmons, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
• Everything in Joan's day is put on screen for the world to see—albeit in an exaggerated manner.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 16 June 2023
• And with an exaggerated silhouette and oversized paillettes, Alexa Chung walked the line of avant garde in 16Arlington.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2023
• Sweeney would cut the tension on flights during the grind of the season by climbing over Pomeranz in an exaggerated way to put a suitcase in the overhead bin.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
• Hip males in their 20s and dads in business suits stop by in equal measure to touch the luxe calfskin of the boot-sneaker with the exaggerated tongue that has spawned countless copycats.
  — Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
• So the other theory is that the court should be cautious and follow the law to show the criticism is exaggerated.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• For the third and final phase, Côté created a wig that was fuller with a more exaggerated front, closer to the Trump that became ubiquitous in the media of the late 1980s.
  — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024
• But our eyes couldn’t help but wander to her black cropped, raw-hem jeans with an exaggerated wide-legged silhouette.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
• Now, halfway through 2022, the reports of the death of theaters appear to be greatly exaggerated.
  — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 8 July 2022
• Styles in the ’80s were so exaggerated and colorful and extreme and there was for sure, like, a general boom feeling.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2023
• Cal-Maine now looks like more of a victim, with its role in setting egg prices having been vastly exaggerated.
  — WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
• Turn to Gucci for a head-turning logo moment, Alaïa for an exaggerated handle, or stay stealth with The Row’s soft suede style.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
• Jackie Calmes: Reports of the death of Trump’s Project 2025 are greatly exaggerated.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
• The reports of a match made in heaven proved greatly exaggerated.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
• News of their demise is greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain.
  — Judy Bart Kancigor, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2024
• People who run those sites and their users argue the claims of nefarious use are exaggerated and that the benefits to the public far outweigh the harm.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2023
• The exaggerated turtleneck gently folds over, forming a scarf-like collar, and the slits on either side give the oversized sweater some movement.
  — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
• As Mark Twain might have said, the widespread reports on the death of painting in the nineteen-seventies were greatly exaggerated.
  — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
• The autumn outerwear campaign features a shower-resistant, cotton gabardine trench with exaggerated gun flaps and epaulettes.
  — Samantha Conti, WWD, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024