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Flamboyant longest sentence being extended (6,4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

larger than life

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'extended' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'flamboyant longest sentence' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'sentence' could be 'life' (life sentence in prison) and 'life' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'being' is the link.

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(Other definitions for larger than life that I've seen before include "Exaggerated" , "circulation claim by another old American magazine?" , "very imposing" , "Extravagant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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