How to Use exaggeration in a Sentence

exaggeration

noun
  • None of this is a lie, or an exaggeration of the truth.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • It was played every day in our house, and that's not an exaggeration.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2022
  • There is not a lick of exaggeration in that statement.
    Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 24 Mar. 2026
  • That’s no exaggeration in this case, as needles tend to be shiny and haystacks don’t tend to be all that large.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2024
  • Some of the claims were an exaggeration.
    ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • What happens in the show is not a massive exaggeration by any means.
    Rachel Seo, Variety, 14 Dec. 2022
  • While some of his bold claims have come true, others have gone down as vast exaggerations or outright lies.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t be labeling me as the worst of the worst with your exaggerations.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • Most viewers would agree that is not an exaggeration.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • That last point is no exaggeration.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Okay, that may be an exaggeration.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Perhaps this sounds like an exaggeration, but careless mistakes can put an end to weeks of progress.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The exaggeration becomes its own joke, pulling the sting from itself.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • And no, that isn’t an exaggeration.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
  • One of the brothers told Gardner that such a pact was an exaggeration.
    Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
  • For some of the younger fans who hollered their agreement, this was probably no exaggeration.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The commitment to working around the clock isn’t an exaggeration for this duo.
    Payton Kirol, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2024
  • And the greatness of the game and the finish were beyond exaggeration.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 2 Mar. 2025
  • That’s not much of an exaggeration, as Yorkville found out Tuesday night.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Some took the exaggeration to the extreme.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Peace in the Middle East is, of course, a florid exaggeration.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Hip-hop is built on exaggeration, metaphor, and competition — the art of saying too much to make a point.
    Dina Lapolt, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That’s not to say that the players on this roster dislike each other — that’d be an exaggeration.
    Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Jan. 2024
  • To call it the most popular thing on TV is not an exaggeration.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2024
  • But that’s only fair, since wild exaggerations are exactly what music videos are all about.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The hinge-less part may have been an exaggeration, for someone who’s likely as much of a control freak as Halsey.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 9 July 2025
  • On the other hand, others are claiming that the fanfare is an exaggeration and are calling for fans to calm down.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That high read-rate is meant to prevent the exaggeration of any errors as faint signals are amplified.
    IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026
  • This isn’t an over exaggeration.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026
  • Okay, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but the 53-year-old talk show host does have some strong feelings about the pimple patch craze.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 July 2024

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