hysterical

Example Sentences

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“All the boys have them,” one female White House aide told the Journal, while another joked that “it’s hysterical because everybody’s afraid not to wear them.”

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026

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 • Mar. 13, 2026

On the other end of the phone, his wife became hysterical, but Mr Li didn't have time to panic.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

The press’s hysterical reaction was perhaps inevitable given the convention of describing it as an “administration plan,” a “White House plan,” with the implied institutional imprimatur.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

He caught a few hysterical kya?!s and kyon?!s.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon