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
• To say that the film is, well, cheesy, is no hyperbole.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
• The rest of the piece is made up of hyperbole and ad hominem attacks.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 28 Oct. 2020
• Talk of trade sanctions is pure hyperbole: and the last thing the world needs right now.
  — Jeff Tollefson, Scientific American, 2 June 2017
• 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
• Bowman, who’s been with the unit for 16 years, is not a man prone to hype and hyperbole.
  — Thallman, oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2023
• The hyperbole elicits a round of chuckles, as it was meant to.
  — The Economist, 13 Mar. 2021
• There's a bit of vision in that to be sure, but at least as much hyperbole.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 27 Apr. 2018
• In the universe of superheroism, hyperbole is the coin of the realm.
  — J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books, 19 Aug. 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
• There may have been a touch of hyperbole, but there are a lot of positions up in the air.
  — The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2022
• These types of hot and dry weather events are ripe for all sorts of hyperbole.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
• That’s not hyperbole that Dallas was the best team across four months.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2020
• The language and hyperbole of my emails were harsh, but so were the circumstances.
  — Laura Bradley, HWD, 13 July 2017
• Furyk, meanwhile, did well not to add to the hyperbole over Woods winning again.
  — Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times, 24 Sep. 2018
• The remark seemed, at the time, like classic Trump hyperbole.
  — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2018
• Despite the sarcasm and hyperbole, the legal brief isn’t a joke.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
• But don’t let the hyperbole of the next two weeks — or those who want to discredit Belichick — get to you.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2021
• The president of the United States, a man long known for hyperbole, doth protest too much.
  — The Editors, National Review, 15 July 2021
• But there are times when Geno's hyperbole seems to replace his brain.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• That’s not hyperbole borne out of a desperate search for a slight, Last Dance style.
  — The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• 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 sounds like crazy hyperbole, but that's how impressive the past few weeks have been.
  — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Maybe not quite as breathtaking but stick with us for the hyperbole.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 May 2021
• That might be hyperbole, but Ellenos does find the same sugar-to-spice ratio that makes the pie so nice.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2021
• And paying fans are vital – that’s not hyperbole – to the success of NFR.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2020
• Weiss, with silver rings in his ears, is nerdier and given to hyperbole.
  — TIME.com, 30 June 2017
• The rest was his more wide-ranging style, punctuated with hand gestures and hyperbole.
  — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
• Less of a prediction and more of a framework for discerning marketing hype from hyperbole.
  — Kristen Dolan, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024