At last the matriarch, moved despite herself, told them that they had a very exaggerated notion of her influence.

He's got an exaggerated notion of his own skill.

"I don't want you to get any exaggerated notions of how much that's likely to be, though."

Conspiring against almost everything (one can say in retrospect) were his exaggerated notions of his own divinely inspired relationship with the Iranian people.

Seagulls have a grossly exaggerated notion of their own place in the overall scheme of things.

"That letter carrier had an exaggerated notion of his own importance."

"He's a ruthless tyrant with an exaggerated notion of his own importance."

Hajjaj' did not like to bring Shaddad up so sharply, but his secretary sometimes got an exaggerated notion of his own importance.

In this way the public gets an exaggerated notion of the frequency of difficult labors.

People who weren't in the intelligence business often had an exaggerated notion of how easy keeping a secret was.