hamming

Example Sentences

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Was it necessary to have the head coach of the Warriors and a former Bulls shooting guard hamming it up on the party’s biggest night?

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2024

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

At this, Musk makes a cartoon villain face, hamming it up to the host and audience.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 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

She was hamming it up a bit, but that was fine, and so was her hoarse whisper.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan