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Examples of Hyperbole in Sentences

The document provides examples of common idiomatic expressions in English that use exaggeration or hyperbole for emphasis. Many of the expressions compare something that is perceived as very large, long, old, difficult, or intense to something else that is known to be large, long-lasting, old, difficult, or intense such as carrying a lot of laundry, waiting a long time, being very hungry or tired, facing huge problems or difficulties, and more.

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Examples of Hyperbole in Sentences

The document provides examples of common idiomatic expressions in English that use exaggeration or hyperbole for emphasis. Many of the expressions compare something that is perceived as very large, long, old, difficult, or intense to something else that is known to be large, long-lasting, old, difficult, or intense such as carrying a lot of laundry, waiting a long time, being very hungry or tired, facing huge problems or difficulties, and more.

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES:

 He is so cute I want to put him in a keychain and carry him around.


 It smells so bad as if a bunch of toddlers threw up on it. 
 Our math class is taking forever.
 Mom is going to kill me if she knew I lost the car keys.
 She visited last weekend and brought a decade’s worth of laundry.
 She is so rich she can buy you a car for a birthday gift.
 He is as smart as Sheldon Cooper, but as quiet as a mouse.

EXAMPLE IN SENTENCES:
 I have a hundred and one things to do today.
 This job is going to take me forever.
 I am never going to finish this meal.
 She has been at the shop for an eternity.
 I am stuck on a level which is impossible.
 I am never going to get this job done.
 That man is as old as time.
 This bag weighs ten tons.
 He has been talking for a week.
 When I was pregnant, I was as big as a house.
 He never diets and now he is as heavy as an elephant.
 I almost died of embarrassment.
 I laughed so much, I nearly died.
 I’ve seen this movie a million times.
 I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.
 When I went jogging this morning, I worked so hard, I ran a thousand miles.
 I have a million problems that I need to solve.
 The man was as tall as a skyscraper.
 I haven’t seen my mother in and age and a day.
 I was dying to see the concert.
 Last summer was so hot that I was on fire.
 My husband is a bad driver, he drives everywhere are five hundred miles an hour.
 My sister has a brain the size of a pea.
 His heart is as cold as ice.
 His stare was as hard as a rock.
 The big cat runs faster than the wind.
 Today has been the worst day in history.
 My girlfriend has skin as soft as silk.
 I should not have done that, my mom is going to kill me.
 She is thin as a runner bean.
 I cooked enough food to feed an army.
 That dress cost me a billion dollars.
 He had a mile-wide smile.
 I’m so sad that I am drowning in my sorrows.
 My aunt is my guardian angel.
 I have told you no a thousand times before.
 His new sports car goes faster than the speed of light.
 He is as old as a dinosaur.
 I was so shocked that you could have knocked me over with a feather.
 He has an endless supply of money.

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