histrionics
Example Sentences
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Purely as entertainment, it is inert; the story, about a family in mourning, features histrionics worthy of grand opera and a level of rudeness that could peel paint.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
But Zhao and O’Farrell’s screenplay consistently reverts to histrionics and outsized displays of emotion, never once burrowing into how either William or Agnes really feels.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025
Winger Vinicius showed his frustration with his coach publicly during the Clasico, substituted and storming off in a fit of histrionics.
From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025
Like today, Malibu brimmed with celebrities, but in the pre-Instagram era they tended to come and go without media histrionics.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
Her family had little sympathy for what they considered merely the histrionics of a spoiled child.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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