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UK
/hˌɪstɹɪˈɒnɪks/
]
[ US /ˌhɪstɹiˈɑnɪks/ ]
[ US /ˌhɪstɹiˈɑnɪks/ ]
NOUN
- a performance of a play
- a deliberate display of emotion for effect
How To Use histrionics In A Sentence
- Also there was Ray D' Arcy whose urgings had the crowd performing all sorts of histrionics in the name of art.
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- This form of art provides ample scope for the actor to excel in histrionics.
- So when Ms. Winslet won two awards last night, her histrionics were a little too much for us to take. The Golden Globes: Too Much Kate, Not Enough Ricky and an Actual Oscar Race
- Instead, Costa's histrionics merely inflamed the situation and, after an unsightly stand-off between the two sets of players, there was a hostile undercurrent to the rest of the game.
- A fine sentiment, but the doom-laden rock histrionics leave a bad taste in the mouth.
- It is the sheer ordinariness, the lack of histrionics that makes it so engrossing. Times, Sunday Times
- Even Daffy Duck's avaricious histrionics are amusing in a buffoonish way.
- He is remembered by colleagues as being unflappable in theatre with a calm demeanour that soothed any histrionics. Times, Sunday Times
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