histrionic

It’s hard to believe now, but Cheney was once the sort of Republican the Washington establishment loved—smart, thoughtful, conservative but not histrionic about it, a man of Wyoming via Wisconsin.

This morning, some in Labour think this is a histrionic overreaction from Kemi Badenoch's party, which would significantly lower the bar for ministerial sackings.

Bondi probably wowed him with her snotty tone and histrionics, even as her wit left much to be desired.

But Walcott feels Pickford has changed as he has grown older and reduced the histrionics that used to be his trademark.

Suede’s sense of Britishness, however, was less a matter of manifesto than of instinct, driven by the desire to render small lives and intimate details in sweeping, romantic, even histrionic gestures.