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- adjective Alternative form of
larger than life .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
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Examples
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Her debut memoir -- Don't Lets Go To The Dogs Tonight -- was a rollicking, bestseller about Fuller's childhood in war-torn Africa with parents so much larger-than-life that they made the phrase "larger-than-life" seem rather puny.
Michael Giltz: Book Review: Cheers for Alexandra Fuller's Cocktail Hour... Michael Giltz 2011
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Her debut memoir -- Don't Lets Go To The Dogs Tonight -- was a rollicking, bestseller about Fuller's childhood in war-torn Africa with parents so much larger-than-life that they made the phrase "larger-than-life" seem rather puny.
Michael Giltz: Book Review: Cheers for Alexandra Fuller's Cocktail Hour... Michael Giltz 2011
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Seeing stars in this plural-only way is akin to conceiving of “the heavens”—by which we refer not to a grouping of independent heavens but to one larger-than-life object of wonderment.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Seeing stars in this plural-only way is akin to conceiving of “the heavens”—by which we refer not to a grouping of independent heavens but to one larger-than-life object of wonderment.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Filmmaker Rupert Wyatt creates a larger-than-life film with a philosophical concept and great special effects.
Lab Chimp Leads Revolt Against Humans in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' 2011
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Filmmaker Rupert Wyatt creates a larger-than-life film with a philosophical concept and great special effects.
Lab Chimp Leads Revolt Against Humans in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' 2011
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The Daily, the News Corp. publication for the iPad also showed up larger-than-life with this ad, which has gotten mixed reviews, and isn't even on the ballot for best commercial over at Hulu's AdZone:
Super Bowl ads: Tech edition Hayley Tsukayama 2011
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Laurie's father has always been larger-than-life to her, but at some point he became more of a mystery than anything else to her.
Books in 2009, #21 pabba 2009
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"Unbelievable," said an Italian tourist, gawking at a columned house with rotating carousels and a larger-than-life Santa.
Homes for the Holidays Sumathi Reddy 2011
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Linda had a personality that seemed larger-than-life, and her personal history was nothing less than cinematic (although for her it would have to be an indie film).
The Celebrity I’ll Miss the Most: Celebrating Linda Posell « The Blog at 16th and Q 2009
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