Thesaurus / histrionics
FEEDBACKHow to use histrionics in a sentence
He would wish to know what it was supposed to be, like Nash's histrionics.
THE TRAGIC MUSEHENRY JAMESMary continued without giving much attention to these histrionics.
WITHIN THE LAWMARVIN DANAAt such times she astonished him by taking his most solemn histrionics with flippant incredulity, and even burlesquing them.
THE MARCH FAMILY TRILOGY, COMPLETEWILLIAM DEAN HOWELLSHe saw the humour of the comedy he was acting, and dispassionately approved himself, because he did not give way to histrionics.
THE HEROWILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAMAre you about to turn actor, and do you trust to her for instruction in histrionics?
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE - VOLUME 62, NO. 384, OCTOBER 1847VARIOUSIt was a feint, she thought, histrionics for the gallery, perhaps for her.
THE MONSTEREDGAR SALTUSIn Oratorio we have the same thing without the scenery and the histrionics.
BEAUTY AND THE BEASTSTEWART A. MCDOWALLIt is an incident like this which proves that histrionics is no theatrical monopoly.
THE SECRETS OF A SAVOYARDHENRY A. LYTTONLikewise, Tartarin and the people of Tarascon were deceived by their own histrionics.
A NOVELIST ON NOVELSW. L. GEORGEAt the public schools of Eton and Westminster histrionics was included amongst the subjects taught.
THE GROWTH OF ENGLISH DRAMAARNOLD WYNNEWORDS RELATED TO HISTRIONICS
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