Wondering how to use Histrionics in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as theatrical or representation.
Histrionics meaning
Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.
Synonyms of Histrionics
Using Histrionics
- The main meaning on this page is: Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.
- Useful related words include: theatrical performance, theatrical, representation, performance.
- In the example corpus, histrionics often appears in combinations such as: histrionics and, histrionics were, the histrionics.
Context around Histrionics
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Histrionics
- In this selection, "histrionics" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, democrats, twitter, avoids and alone stand out and add context to how "histrionics" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by these histrionics and by visual histrionics alone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "histrionics" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with histrionics
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I’ll spare you the Twitter histrionics. (7 words)
So Ronaldo's histrionics were entirely understandable. (7 words)
Movements of racism and hate are not propelled by visual histrionics alone. (12 words)
You can honor the work they started, and desperately needs to be finished, by ignoring Trump’s ahistoric histrionics this weekend and watching “,” which is streaming to many parts of the world starting Friday. (34 words)
The histrionics from leftist thugs in the Senate gallery and the childish and awkward displays from certain Democratic Senators diminished what should have been America’s best on display to something much less. (33 words)
I’m not a gun owner, I’m not fond of guns, but I’m less fond of hyperbole and histrionics being used as the basis for city council decisions. (30 words)
Example sentences (16)
As to someone acting out, yelling, being very rude, shouting or engaging in histrionics, the judge has the authority to hold that person in contempt.
Played by Craig Taggart, his first appearance on stage is an over the top gay character who emits laughter from the audience with his histrionics and exaggerated antics.
And that’s yet another reason why they’ll ignore the Democrats’ histrionics about Donald Trump’s allegedly impeachable and removable abuse of power.
I’ll spare you the Twitter histrionics.
It’s a shame, since successfully avoids histrionics for nearly all of its preceding minutes.
Mitchell, whose usual scoring histrionics were not needed this time around, totaled 16 points in 25 minutes.
Movements of racism and hate are not propelled by visual histrionics alone.
You can honor the work they started, and desperately needs to be finished, by ignoring Trump’s ahistoric histrionics this weekend and watching “,” which is streaming to many parts of the world starting Friday.
At times he does threaten to go a little too far with the histrionics, but he manages to stay the right side of believable and delivers a chilling turn.
Even now that the political center is on the verge of extinction, there is a significant number of middle-ground voters who are genuinely put off by these histrionics.
I’m not a gun owner, I’m not fond of guns, but I’m less fond of hyperbole and histrionics being used as the basis for city council decisions.
So Ronaldo's histrionics were entirely understandable.
The histrionics from leftist thugs in the Senate gallery and the childish and awkward displays from certain Democratic Senators diminished what should have been America’s best on display to something much less.
Vince McMahon's traveling carnival roadshow and superhero soap opera stops in town for an evening of sweaty histrionics and good ol' fashioned asswhuppins.
You would be wrong, because racism makes people batshit insane, and nothing can stop them in the heat of their histrionics.
In a 2005 study, the musical scholar Steven Huebner contrasts the two composers: "Saint-Saëns obviously had no time for Massenet's histrionics".
Common combinations with histrionics
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: