hyperbole|hyperboles in English

noun

[hy'per·bo·le || haɪ'pɜrbəlɪ /-'pɜːb-]

exaggeration or overstatement intended for effect

Use "hyperbole|hyperboles" in a sentence

1. Hyperboles, Motifs, Bombasts; Motifs: 1

2. Vivid Hyperbole

3. American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.

4. This astonishing performance produced a gush of hyperbole.

5. 1 He's not usually given to hyperbole.

6. This is the metaphor gone beyond hyperbole into simile.

7. So the hyperbole is not actually surprising.

8. 2 American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.

9. 6 Some cynics might dismiss such statements as cosmic hyperbole.

10. 18 The phrase is of course a hyperbole.

11. 16 But the hyperbole is fast becoming reality.

12. 15 Throughout his ministry, Jesus often used hyperbole.

13. 4 This astonishing performance produced a gush of hyperbole.

14. With hyperbole, Jesus created mental pictures that were hard to forget.

15. 17 Instead, recruitment is often an orgy of hyperbole.

16. They're not shy of hyperbole as you can see.

17. Some cynics might dismiss such statements as cosmic hyperbole.

18. 5 This is the metaphor gone beyond hyperbole into simile.

19. So some of you may be thinking, "Gosh, that's hyperbole.

20. What are some lessons that Jesus taught by using hyperbole?

21. 19 Mr Murdoch was unwise to indulge in adolescent hyperbole.

22. Prochazka loved to regale his friends with hyperbole and excess.

23. • What is hyperbole, and how did Jesus use this teaching method?

24. Inanimate metaphor, were the least hyperbole were the Abstractionistic metaphor, and

25. (Matthew 23:24) This was a particularly powerful use of hyperbole.