exaggerate

Definition:
1. To make something seem larger, better, worse or more important than it really is.
2. To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.
3. Do something to an excessive degree.

Use 'exaggerate' in a sentence:

1. She has an exaggerated sense of her own importance.
2. When talking about your achievements, be confident but don't exaggerate, brag or lie.
3. He thinks I'm exaggerating.
4. He always tried to minimize his own faults, while exaggerating those of others.
5. It isn't that he lied exactly, but he did tend to exaggerate.
6. Sheila admitted that she did sometimes exaggerate the demands of her job.
7. He enjoyed exaggerating his infamy.
8. A new accent is an adventure, be bold! exaggerate wildly.
9. I do not want to exaggerate.
10. One should not exaggerate such threats.
11. I'm sure he exaggerates his Irish accent.
12. Demand for the product has been greatly exaggerated.
13. In fact, the student is likely to exaggerate the problems.
14. Bob has a tendency to exaggerate things.
15. Salesmen may feel less restrained to exaggerate.
16. If you exaggerate, people will no longer believe you.
17. In my opinion, it is not good to exaggerate the role of any one individual.
18. He looked at me with exaggerated surprise.
19. People tend to exaggerate small changes.
20. I think he exaggerates the parallelism between the two cases.
21. I appreciate your honesty. It's really quite refreshing . Some interviewees tend to exaggerate.
22. The newspapers exaggerated the whole affair wildly.
23. Reports of his drinking have been wildly exaggerated.
24. The hotel was really filthy and I'm not exaggerating.
25. Don't exaggerate the difficulties of your work.
26. To begin with, the critics exaggerate their case.
27. Don't lie or exaggerate.
28. Perhaps they exaggerate his illness.
29. They were made welcome with the usual pantomime of exaggerated smiles and gestures.
30. The book is both inaccurate and exaggerated.
31. A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms.
32. You think I exaggerate about the dependence?
33. We can't exaggerate his scientific attainment.
34. But all these examples exaggerate the problem.
35. She has a propensity to exaggerate.
36. But we think sometimes people exaggerate the price.
37. This chap likes to exaggerate and is good at nothing but boasting.
38. Moreover, the system tends slightly to exaggerate the victory winning party.
39. Some parents hesitate to take these steps because they suspect that their child is exaggerating.
40. It is impossible to exaggerate the fact.
41. I wouldn't exaggerate, but I am pleased.
42. They should be sceptical of exaggerated claims for what such courses can achieve.
43. Exaggerate and overstate problems.
44. Let me exaggerate deliberately.
45. He tends to exaggerate the difficulties.
46. Don't exaggerate.
47. We should treat accurately the own value of the procedure and should not exaggerate its value.
48. The image of the fox as a pest is grossly exaggerated in anecdote and folklore.
49. You don't have to tell lies and exaggerate to get people to like you.
50. If exaggerate a little to wear a down jacket.
51. Did they exaggerate the problem?
52. These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness.
53. I do not want to exaggerate the case for a ban.
54. However, under no circumstances should we exaggerate our achievements or regard our accomplishments as superb.
55. And if you think I exaggerate, try it.
56. In many ways, our social statistics exaggerate the degree of hardship.
57. The story had been wildly exaggerated.
58. Western fears, he insists, are greatly exaggerated.
59. She did not exaggerate about the height of the tower.
60. Did WHO exaggerate the threat?
61. You may exaggerate your emotional situation.
62. We should neither exaggerate nor ignore the differences.
63. It's difficult to exaggerate the importance of sleep.
64. During the interview, some interviewees tend to exaggerate.
65. We have been accused of exaggerating before, but unfortunately all our reports proved to be true.
66. Those shoes exaggerate the size of his feet.
67. There could be more unrest, but I wouldn't exaggerate the problems.
68. She was exaggerating the true extent of the problem.
69. The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom.
70. Press reports have been grossly exaggerated.