hamming it up
Example Sentences
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The 450-pound porker wandered from his pen last week then moseyed on down the road, where he was caught hamming it up on the Molgaard family’s security camera.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024
More than that, he seems to relish it, hamming it up as the babies reach out to touch him.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2023
They put them on and dashed to the front of the stage, smiling and hamming it up for the finale: a class picture.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2023
In her autobiography, “Beyond Uhura”, Nichols recalled Shatner hamming it up strategically: “Bill shook me and hissed menacingly in his best ham-fisted Kirkian staccato delivery, ‘I!
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2022
“And the ladies,” I say, hamming it up even more.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
