ham it up

Example Sentences

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Employees can experiment with make-your-own hot chocolate, cider and s’mores and ham it up in a 360-degree photo booth.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2022

A high point of the season was an episode in which the crew thought they were characters in a children’s fantasy book, and the cast got to ham it up even more than usual.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Best of all, it lets you, the parent, be the audience and watch your kids ham it up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2021

Claudia remembers the hilarity of shooting the fur vault scene during which the girls were encouraged to really ham it up with exaggerated facial reactions because the film had no dialogue.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2021

When I was a little kid that used to make me laugh, and she would ham it up by letting them get as steamy as possible and then pretending she couldn’t see me.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon