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
• Nobody likes that, that type of stuff and that type of hyperbole.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2024
• That's not hyperbole coming from one of the most clutch kickers in the NFL.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2017
• 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 truth: Trump is no stranger to hyperbole and straight-up false claims, and his first State of the Union was no exception.
  — Author: Aaron Blake, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
• 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
• No, that is not hyperbole, and yes, this is how the cloaking devices work in Star Trek.
  — Kastalia Medrano, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2018
• Despite the sarcasm and hyperbole, the legal brief isn’t a joke.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
• The references to North Korea were not the only bit of Trumpian hyperbole in the speech.
  — Dennis Jett, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2017
• Thomas is the worst defender in the league (not hyperbole), and Teague should see plenty of looks.
  — Doug Norrie, SI.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• 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
• Much of it sounds ridiculous, the back-and-forth, the hyperbole, the self-serving excuse-making.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• Less of a prediction and more of a framework for discerning marketing hype from hyperbole.
  — Kristen Dolan, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024