theatrics
Example Sentences
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Bondi did not face the survivors, instead replying: “I’m not going to get into the gutter with this woman doing theatrics.”
From Los Angeles Times
Bondi accused Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., of “theatrics” when she asked Bondi to apologize to a group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors for the DOJ’s “absolutely unacceptable release of the Epstein files and their information.”
From Salon
Mr. Erving embodied the playground game of New York’s Rucker Park and Philadelphia’s Baker League with cool elegance and above-the-rim theatrics.
At last year's Grammys, Lady Gaga booked out an entire ad break to premiere the music video for Abracadabra, her fantastically maximalist return to pop theatrics.
From BBC
“It effectively killed the last vestiges of ’80s glam rock, all that hair, metal and theatrics,” says Fink.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.