hysterics

Example Sentences

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Yet even Honor is cowed by the household’s steely Yugoslav maid, Greta, who dismisses all heartbreaks and hysterics with the motto, “play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Frank Drebin, Neeson kept us in hysterics with a stupid-brilliant barrage of surreal wordplay and daffy slapstick.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Fans online were left in hysterics, with one X user calling it "the TV highlight of the year" while another said we'd "peaked as a nation".

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Once recovered and breathing properly, one snicker from either of us in remembrance of what had been so funny, and off we would go, falling back into hysterics.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024

When I race back into the dressing room, my mom is near hysterics.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy