Definition of "sensationalizing" [sensationalizing]

• Present participle of sensationalize. (verb)

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• "The lawyer also clashed repeatedly with local journalists covering the case, lambasting them for what he characterized as sensationalizing the story and lamenting that "the public thinks that Syncrude's being tried for killing ducks.""
• "Since Huckabee's interview was published last week, he has released a statement on his Web site, accusing The Perspective of "sensationalizing" his "well-known and hardly unusual views of same-sex marriage.""
• "Sittampalam at risk by "sensationalizing" his deportation, especially since a government delegate had earlier concluded he would face no harm in Sri Lanka because his public profile had faded."