What are some examples of hyperbole?

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Hyperbole (exaggeration or "hype") is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis. Here are a few examples:
  • It is going to take a bazillion years to get through Medical School.
  • I ate the whole cow.
  • He's 900 years old.
  • I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
  • There are millions of other things to do.
  • Running faster than the speed of light.
  • You could be Miss Universe.
  • It took light years for this to work.
  • I waited in line for centuries.
  • I've told you a million times don't exaggerate.
  • I had to walk fifteen miles uphill both ways, in snow five feet deep.
  • I had worse than that in my eye.
  • If I don't get these jeans, I will DIE!
  • I have a million things to do today.
  • I could eat a horse.
  • She cried for days.
  • The whole world was staring at me.
  • The package took forever to arrive in the mail.
  • I had a ton of homework.
  • it took him two seconds to drive here.
  • Her smile was a mile wide.
  • His teeth were blinding white.
  • My car is a million years old.
  • I don't have two cents to rub together.
  • I told you a thousand times!
  • Maybe I'll do it in a million years.
  • I was so embarrassed, I thought I might die.
  • I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
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