histrionic
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“It asks a lot of people to try to step into a world like this one,” the actor says of the unabashedly histrionic screenplay.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
And the opera’s chorus and dancers took part in the Opening Ceremony held at the San Siro, home to Milan’s equally histrionic soccer teams.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Worrying about rate cuts seems histrionic, and arguably irrelevant, since corporate earnings are strong.
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
But with Sandler’s less histrionic roles, expectations had to be left at the door.
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2025
Not that I, even in my more histrionic moments, imagine that I am a member of that oppressed working class.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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