hammy
Example Sentences
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But such compromises do not exist in the extreme and often hammy world of Mr. Tallent’s fiction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Exactly 86 minutes after Wood was cleared following concerns over a hamstring injury, Australia's Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of Friday's first Test with a dodgy hammy of his own.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
Yet everything about his hammy manner suggests an old-fashioned thespian in love with the sound of his own voice and utterly oblivious to method psychology.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
Second, she was wildly overcoached, delivering a hammy performance that sounded nothing like her normal speaking voice.
From Slate • Mar. 9, 2024
He threw his arms out like a hammy stage actor and began to strut around the case.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
