How to Use hyperbole in a Sentence

hyperbole

noun

• That gives you a sense of the kind of lush hyperbole the film is prone to.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2020
• The plea was a bit of hyperbole, but there was truth in it.
  — Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2019
• The rest of the piece is made up of hyperbole and ad hominem attacks.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020
• To say that the film is, well, cheesy, is no hyperbole.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
• Talk of trade sanctions is pure hyperbole: and the last thing the world needs right now.
  — Jeff Tollefson, Scientific American, 2 June 2017
• The hyperbole elicits a round of chuckles, as it was meant to.
  — The Economist, 13 Mar. 2021
• These types of hot and dry weather events are ripe for all sorts of hyperbole.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
• There may have been a touch of hyperbole, but there are a lot of positions up in the air.
  — The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2022
• There's a bit of vision in that to be sure, but at least as much hyperbole.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 27 Apr. 2018
• The language and hyperbole of my emails were harsh, but so were the circumstances.
  — Laura Bradley, HWD, 13 July 2017
• Maybe not quite as breathtaking but stick with us for the hyperbole.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 May 2021
• Clichés and eye-rolls aside, the sights and food in this mountain town are right on par with that kind of hyperbole.
  — Marissa Wolkenberg, Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2022
• To be clever and say the yawning chasm is as wide as the Grand Canyon would not be hyperbole.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2020
• That’s not hyperbole that Dallas was the best team across four months.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2020
• Despite the sarcasm and hyperbole, the legal brief isn’t a joke.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
• Due to the rate of gun violence in this country there is nothing in this video that is hyperbole.
  — Cicero Estrella, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2019
• There is some hyperbole in those comments, but not much.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2021
• To say that Spielberg is performing at the top of his game is no hyperbole.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022
• It’s not hyperbole to say that knowing the answers to these questions may save lives.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2020
• It’s too early yet to say whether that was prescient or hyperbole.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 3 Dec. 2018
• How much is just hyperbole in their appraisals and judgment?
  — John Bleasdale, Variety, 2 Dec. 2022
• That sounds like crazy hyperbole, but that's how impressive the past few weeks have been.
  — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• But there are times when Geno's hyperbole seems to replace his brain.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• The remark seemed, at the time, like classic Trump hyperbole.
  — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2018
• Furyk, meanwhile, did well not to add to the hyperbole over Woods winning again.
  — Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times, 24 Sep. 2018
• His hyperbole is the stuff of legend, his hype easily mocked.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Nov. 2022
• King must have taken his hyperbole pills before writing the text.
  — Leonard Greene, Twin Cities, 31 Oct. 2019
• It’s not a stretch to say that there’s a lot of self-interested hype and hyperbole out there.
  — Beth Noymer Levine, Forbes, 20 May 2022
• That might sound like hyperbole, but has any Raven made more thrilling plays this summer?
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2022
• Well, perhaps that's a bit of dealer hyperbole, but not by much.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024