an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”
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When I first read it, it felt like such hyperbole, but it gave such a fascinating view of the driving force behind the innovation economy, the founders and teams building disruptive startups.
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Exaggeration and hyperbole are constant campaign companions, as useful and expected as hammers and saws on a construction site.
When Campaign Spin Becomes Fact|Stuart Stevens|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pardon the hyperbole, but there has never been a more aptly titled Good Wife episode than “Hitting the Fan.”
In The Good Wife’s Explosive ‘Hitting the Fan,’ That’s Exactly What Happens|Chancellor Agard|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Film festival reviews are, as is their wont, often prone to hyperbole.
The Stars of ‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ On the Riveting Lesbian Love Story|Marlow Stern|September 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Finke, who regularly breaks showbiz news, is the master of hyperbole.
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So ignore the hyperbole of the candidates and the hysteria of the partisan commentators.
The Not So Special U.S.-Israel Relationship|Andrew Apostolou|October 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
They have such a habit of hyperbole that most Irishmen smile at their hysterics and threats of civil war as at sheer fudge.
The Charm of Ireland|Burton Egbert Stevenson
He always wore gold-bowed glasses, being very near-sighted, was a born humorist, and delighted in jest and hyperbole.
Reminiscences, 1819-1899|Julia Ward Howe.
In either case there may be an indefinite degree of hyperbole.
The Approach to Philosophy|Ralph Barton Perry
He sat down again in confusion at having been led into hyperbole.
Jaffery|William J. Locke
And yet Florrie's hyperbole had not been entirely without warrant.
The Bells of San Juan|Jackson Gregory
British Dictionary definitions for hyperbole
hyperbole
/ (haɪˈpɜːbəlɪ) /
noun
a deliberate exaggeration used for effecthe embraced her a thousand times
Derived forms of hyperbole
hyperbolism, noun
Word Origin for hyperbole
C16: from Greek: from hyper- + bolē a throw, from ballein to throw
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