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histrionics

[his-tree-on-iks] / ˌhɪs triˈɒn ɪks /


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They were creative only in their histrionics and their survival tactics.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Purely as entertainment, it is inert; the story, about a family in mourning, features histrionics worthy of grand opera and a level of rudeness that could peel paint.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

Winger Vinicius showed his frustration with his coach publicly during the Clasico, substituted and storming off in a fit of histrionics.

From Barron's Nov. 3, 2025

Like today, Malibu brimmed with celebrities, but in the pre-Instagram era they tended to come and go without media histrionics.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2025

Yet Grover drove through the whole grand catastrophe undistracted, as though the torching of a place simply did not matter to him, or as though it were no more than some histrionics he’d ordered up.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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