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exaggerated

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verb

past tense of exaggerate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of exaggerated
Adjective
Like other political leaders with an exaggerated sense of their own importance, Netanyahu perceives himself as indispensable, and his leadership as the only thing standing between his country and catastrophe. Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025 However, a new report by the BBC has found that such fears are likely exaggerated or unfounded. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
Maduro insisted in his letter that Venezuela’s role in regional drug trafficking has been exaggerated and politically manipulated. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025 The degree of polarization in Taiwanese politics can also be exaggerated. Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exaggerated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exaggerated
Adjective
  • Suarez blames too many New Yorkers moving in for the inflated real-estate prices.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In high-cost coastal cities, higher incomes tend to offset the inflated prices.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Season one may only be six episodes, but it’s padded out with meandering subplots, vague teases for a second-season mystery, and one overly long and slow-motion-dependent scene at a nightclub.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025
  • They better be padded up, because here comes the pain.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some argue that the centrality of conflict and aggression in human evolutionary history is overstated and even misconstrued.
    Big Think, Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Colin Murphy, co-director of UC Davis’ Energy Futures Research Program at the Institute of Transportation Studies, said that may be overstated.
    Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kate Hudson attended the premiere for Song Sung Blue during 2025 AFI FEST in Hollywood in a rust colored, spaghetti-strap dress with side-pleating.
    Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • While the western species of camas are more readily available (and more vibrantly colored), Eastern camas seeds and bulbs can be sourced through specialty growers.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ohtani did get into the seventh inning for a pitching staff stretched thin by Tuesday’s doubleheader-in-one Game 3.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The crowd, which began forming early in the morning outside The Pavilion at Ole Miss, stretched across campus as students wore MAGA hats and 'Freedom' shirts in tribute to the slain Turning Point founder.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The new sedan also integrates BYD’s latest Tianshen C driver-assistance suite, which adds adaptive cruise, lane-centering, and enhanced safety automation to support more comfortable long-distance driving.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The 8-mm manual focusing lens has a resolution of 256 × 192 pixels, which can be enhanced to simulate 512 × 384 pixels.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The tech guru further elaborated on his argument on X, saying workers should learn from AI, not be sidelined by it.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Beloved legends elaborated, not debunked Zarka is expanding her role as an authority on all matters monster with a book on cryptids.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Piastri made an ambitious lunge on Norris in the penultimate lap, but overdid it and locked his front wheel, nearly crashing into his teammate.
    Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025

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“Exaggerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exaggerated. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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