histrionism
Example Sentences
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But she adds: "Perhaps that wasn't, in my then stage of development, quite so much a feat of pure histrionism as I complacently considered it."
From Time Magazine Archive
The pompous histrionism of Monk, he knew, was merely a shell for the cold, calculating, undeviating selfishness that too frequently comes with advancing years.
From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph
Does not the change consist rather in the outer form and in the ideas expounded than in the spirit of the histrionism and mimicry?
From The Dramatic Values in Plautus by Blancké, Wilton Wallace
Although this character, in a sense, dominates Moussorgsky's great opera, there is little opportunity for the display of histrionism which Boris presents to the singing actor.
From Interpreters by Van Vechten, Carl
A bit of unequalled histrionism followed in which Isabelle entered as Lucy, with little Nancy Holt as her child.
From The Cricket by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)
