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How to use hyperbole in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Hyperbole means deliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement. Example: “I call it truthful hyperbole.”

Examples of hyperbole by meaning

nounDeliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.

  • I call it truthful hyperbole.1987, Donald Trump, Tony Schwartz, The Art of the Deal, New York: Random House, →ISBN, page 40
  • The perennial problem, especially for the BBC, has been to reconcile the hyperbole-driven agenda of newspapers with the requirement of balance, which is crucial to the public service remit.2001, Tom Bentley, Daniel Stedman Jones, The Moral Universe
  • Trump has always believed in “truthful hyperbole,” as he called it in “The Art of the Deal.” But now it’s untruthful hyperbole.2025 June 28, Maureen Dowd, “Obfuscating on Obliterating”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

More sentences with hyperbole

  • Not long ago, the word trillionaire only appeared in The Wall Street Journal as hyperbole.2026 June 11, Ben Cohen, “You Have No Idea What a Trillion Dollars Is—and We Have Proof”, in The Wall Street Journal, archived from the…. From the entry unfathomably
  • He was also into hyperbole topped up with a dose of Trumphobia.2017 May 11, “Gerard Henderson: Virginia Trioli says ABC needs more comedians”, in The Australian. From the entry Trumphobia
  • The merchant of mistrust dismisses these words as hyperbole and remains grim, sullen, fearful.2000 October, Brennan Manning, “The Way of Trust”, in Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin’s Path to God, [San Francisco, Calif.]…. From the entry happies
  • And one could argue, without being guilty of hyperbole, that it was the wildest night in the history of the sport.2011 September 29, “A night like no other leaves baseball fans abuzz”, in Reporter News, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2011. From the entry without question
  • As able as Boies is, Miller's hyperbole strains credibility.2001, Jake Tapper, Down & Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry hypey
  • Online discourse about San Francisco's “doom loop”, a downward economic and social spiral that becomes irreversible, feels less like hyperbole by the day.2023 May 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, “So long, San Francisco”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times…. From the entry doom loop
  • “The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim’s vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting solely of hyperbole.”2018 July 20, Chris Cillizza, quoting Justin Raimondo, “What is ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ – and do you have it?”, in CNN. From the entry TDS
  • So much has been said about Europe's long-awaited date with destiny that it was hard to sort out the predictable hyperbole from the reality.2002 January 1, Ian Black, “The arrival of the euro: their money, our future?”, in Guardian Unlimited, UK. From the entry date with destiny
  • From among other possible thin-layered objects, the newspaper is chosen as a hyperbole of prosey writing, and slate is prose compared to marble.1978, Michael Riffaterre, “Textual Semiotics”, in Semiotics of Poetry (Advances in Semiotics), Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University…. From the entry prosey
  • Nelson might call a hyperbole, or exaggeration, since the only time I ever did was when I was about four, at the pony ring at the Sonoma County Fair.2012, Juliet Bell, Kepler’s Dream, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN. From the entry cowkid
  • But there is a counterside to promotional hyperbole, for exaggerated promises that dovetail with people's hopes and expectations open the way to cynicism should promises falter or fail.1998, William D. Foulkes, Shirley V. Hodgson, Inherited Susceptibility to Cancer, page 51. From the entry counterside
  • Also it is worth attending to the Marlovian questions because they are too easily drowned out by another characteristic rhetorical device, the hyperboles so well analyzed by Harry Levin.1982 Winter, Larence Danson, “Christopher Marlowe: The Questioner”, in English Literary Renaissance, volume 12, number 1. From the entry Marlovian
  • To increase the difficulty there is frequent use made of paradox, hyperbole, the indirect and the allusive method: there is often the subtle reference and occultive meaning.1933, Evan Morgan, Tao, the great luminant: essays from Huai nan tzu. From the entry occultive

Meaning of hyperbole

  1. noun Deliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
  2. noun An instance or example of such overstatement.
  3. noun A hyperbola.

Full definition of hyperbole

Questions about hyperbole in a sentence

How do you use hyperbole in a sentence?
Hyperbole is used as a noun. For example: “I call it truthful hyperbole.”
What is a short sentence with hyperbole?
“I call it truthful hyperbole.”
What does hyperbole mean?
Hyperbole means deliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.

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