hysterics
Example Sentences
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"I remember mum – she was in hysterics, crying."
From BBC • May 27, 2025
Once recovered and breathing properly, one snicker from either of us in remembrance of what had been so funny, and off we would go, falling back into hysterics.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024
And in overtime, after he brought the score within one on a touchdown run, Penunuri needed just one more big play — to convert a two-point conversion to send Rio Hondo’s sideline into hysterics.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2024
At this point, less than two hours into the trail, members could be spotted at times in hysterics on the floor as they chitchatted with each other.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024
When we were about to depart, a lady parent told us she had to leave quickly to keep her child from going into hysterics.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
