Exaggerated

Examples

• Nathaniel Pipkin had ocular demonstration of the fact, that the rumours of old Lobbs's treasures were not exaggerated. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• My readers, besides accusing me of vanity, would not believe such exaggerated feeling as he evinced, to be in human nature. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• This amiable baronet, really a suitable husband for Celia, exaggerated the necessity of making himself agreeable to the elder sister. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Ursula knew she gave herself away to the other woman, she knew she looked ill-bred, uncouth, exaggerated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• In this, Plato was only following the common thought of his countrymen, which he embellished and exaggerated with all the power of his genius. Plato. The Republic.
• The public mind had been much disturbed by reports, possibly by exaggerated reports, of a recent banquet at Versailles, hostile to the nation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Parsons' is one whose significance in happiness can hardly be exaggerated. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• As in the case of Alexander the Great and Julius C?sar, posterity has enormously exaggerated his memory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Moreover, the possibility of making distinct races by crossing has been greatly exaggerated. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Visitors to the camps went home with dismal stories to relate; Northern papers came back to the soldiers with these stories exaggerated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Women always exaggerated; and moreover she was not wholly at her ease in English, which she often spoke as if she were translating from the French. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Each day, each hour added to these exaggerated wrongs. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Then the squirrel crossed to another tree, moving on the ground in long, small-pawed, tail-exaggerated bounds. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Sir, I inform you, as the head of Lady Glyde's family, that Miss Halcombe has exaggerated nothing in the letter which she wrote to your address. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr. Leo Hunter had not exaggerated the resources of Mr. Solomon Lucas. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Both Mr. and Mrs. Rucastle expressed a delight at the look of it, which seemed quite exaggerated in its vehemence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Forgiveness has been exaggerated. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She had not exaggerated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• All creation was exaggerated. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I felt sure he now exaggerated the case: Ginevra, I was certain, was honest enough, with all her giddiness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He told of Japan, and greatly exaggerated the amount of gold in that country. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Stiff and exaggerated! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The Sunday-school books exaggerated it a little. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• However, in spite of exaggerated imposition, I still find we live within our means. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I said, Monsieur exaggerated. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• As he dangled from the hook it was exaggerated and intensified until he was scarce human in his appearance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

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