hamming

Example Sentences

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Was it necessary to have the head coach of the Warriors and a former Bulls shooting guard hamming it up on the party’s biggest night?

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2024

Was he hamming it up for the cameras?

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024

The 450-pound porker wandered from his pen last week then moseyed on down the road, where he was caught hamming it up on the Molgaard family’s security camera.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

With about 3 inches on the ground to work with, the avid skier explored the slopes — er, hills, delighting others out reveling in the snow and hamming it up for his girlfriend’s videos.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Titters had begun at the way the girl playing Ismene was hamming it up.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides