hysterical
Example Sentences
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“Everything—everything—about it is darkly hysterical,” she wrote.
On the other end of the phone, his wife became hysterical, but Mr Li didn't have time to panic.
From BBC
The press’s hysterical reaction was perhaps inevitable given the convention of describing it as an “administration plan,” a “White House plan,” with the implied institutional imprimatur.
The initial headlines were so outrageous I assumed they represented a hysterical media overreaction to some mild remark.
From MarketWatch
Upon hearing the words, “Mom’s not coming back anymore,” Isaac, Israel and Afrika are hysterical, groaning and crying while falling to the ground.
From Salon
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