I have never known it to happen, but people do like to embellish stories.

The men Yasmeen had sent to Fool's Cove with their damned embellished stories.

I did not know, however, that he had embellished stories in his book Lifetimes.

Thomas also interviewed people at Aqaba, where everybody may have embellished stories about Lawrence for Thomas's benefit.

Rumors, embellished stories, superstitions-hah

That said, they still often like being read to - especially when the adult reader enjoys embellishing stories with dramatic pace and clever accents.

Alexander's opponents launched a blistering ad campaign that made hay out of the young governor's penchant for embellishing stories and sometimes simply making things up.