Example Sentences

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But the suggestion there still seems to me to be like, well, there’s an overexaggeration about this guy’s monstrousness.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2025

I walk in and I have this overexaggeration of puffing up so that I can exude this excellence because of all these preconceived notions from me and what I think other people think about me.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2020

This comes from fraud and deception, overexaggeration, puffery and insinuation.

From Time Magazine Archive