Because, as with other De Palma films, the horror itself becomes a series of arbitrary effects, staged in grossly exaggerated terms that have little to do with the characters themselves.

Strepsiades mentions him when describing clouds in exaggerated terms loosely borrowed from dithyrambic poets (line 336).

We see it in exaggerated terms--a false perspective.

It may also be more acceptable for men to mimic stereotypes of femininity than for women to abandon them, especially in such exaggerated terms.

It depicts Hōjō enemies as Minamoto no Yoriie and Kajiwara Kagetoki as evil doers in exaggerated terms.

The authors, whose daily column is nationally syndicated, sometimes get caught up in political rhetoric, favoring, within a few paragraphs of one another, such exaggerated terms as "bombshell," "mind-boggler" and "uproar."

Newell's influence on basketball is often stated in what would seem to be almost exaggerated terms by many Hall of Fame coaches and players.

The new production smartly compensates for that cultural shift by presenting the 80's details in exaggerated comic terms.

In exaggerated terms, this is like immunizing with a mumps vaccine and expecting protection from measles.

To be sure, notional value is an exaggerated term as it greatly overstates the amount at risk in many contracts.