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Six example sentences with histrionic, each labelled with its topic.
The silent era rewarded histrionic gestures, since a clutched heart and a thrown-back head had to carry the whole emotion.
Movies
His histrionic reaction to the foul, staggering three steps and throwing up both arms, convinced nobody on the officiating crew.
Basketball
The heroine's histrionic farewell runs four pages of raised hands and trembling declarations, and modern readers usually laugh at it.
Literature
The candidate's histrionic speech, complete with a pounded lectern and a wiped tear, played well on television and badly in the hall.
Politics
The tenor's histrionic gestures, arms flung wide on every high note, distracted from a voice that needed no help.
Music
The judge warned the lawyer that histrionic sighs and hand-wringing in front of the jury would not be tolerated.
Law
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