hysterical
Example Sentences
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Often, they’re the same thing, like Byrne’s stiff blonde wig or her set of fake teeth that impede several lines of dialogue to hysterical results.
From Salon
At last the pent-up tension exploded: Cocky burst into spasms of high hysterical laughter.
From Literature
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I was angry back at her, hysterical almost, saying all manner of things I should not have said, about Papi going off and leaving us, about how parents always ruin the lives of their children.
From Literature
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The presentation is just a tiny bit hysterical.
Lader, 40, described "grabbing babies who were being schlepped across the street, and finding parents who were hysterical that their kids weren't here."
From Barron's
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