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'exaggerate' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'exaggerate' with 11 example sentences.


exaggerate verb

: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

: do something to an excessive degree


  • Men tend to exaggerate their number of sexual partners.
  • I think you're exaggerating.
  • People sometimes exaggerate their abilities.
  • Don't take it literally. He is inclined to exaggerate.
  • She seems to have a tendency to exaggerate things.
  • He badly exaggerated his ability to achieve a breakthrough.
  • He is apt to say atrocious things and to exaggerate his grievances.
  • The agitator is inclined to exaggerate trivial matters.
  • I'm not exaggerating when I call him a prodigy.
  • The fisherman exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught.
  • It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of education.
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