puffery
undue or exaggerated praise.
publicity, acclaim, etc., that is full of undue or exaggerated praise.
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How to use puffery in a sentence
She is one of the few journalists with the cache and guts to call out political hopefuls like Andrew Yang and Matthew McConaughey for vagueness and puffery and still line up an all-star guest for the next week.
That’s not political puffery, it’s her work ethic and drive.
Regular readers may recall that we concluded in that race that he had engaged in a bit of résumé puffery, suggesting he had had a top-secret security clearance for longer than five months.
GOP senator falsely claims opponent was endorsed by Communist Party | Glenn Kessler | October 6, 2020 | Washington PostHe has an aversion to overblown rhetoric and theatrical puffery.
Paul Begala on Why Bill Clinton’s Still Got the Magic | Paul Begala | October 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThat is a large and fuzzy statement, maybe even approaching puffery.
And yet they say these latter days of ours are distinguished above all else by shameless puffery!
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperAnd yet Spain, in no idle spirit of self-puffery, can boast of this achievement.
The Feasts of Autolycus | Elizabeth Robins PennellHow I hate the glib rattle of his tongue, the mouldiness of his jests and the transparency of his puffery!
In the Track of the Bookworm | Irving BrowneAmong my experiences of that nauseous ingredient in theatrical life, puffery, some have been amusing enough.
Records of a Girlhood | Frances Ann KembleIt is, as will be seen, in the nature of a crusade against puffery and hysteria.
My Contemporaries In Fiction | David Christie Murray
British Dictionary definitions for puffery
/ (ˈpʌfərɪ) /
informal exaggerated praise, esp in publicity or advertising
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