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Meanings of histrionics in English

A performance of a play.

Usage of histrionics in English
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A second witness was scheduled to give testimony, before these recent histrionics.
The South African
2
Alexia departed the room before Ivy could come up with further histrionics.
Changeless
3
He is not a man given to histrionics in the Dáil chamber.
The Irish Times
4
But where to begin with the histrionics of the 2016 presidential election?
The Irish Times
5
There is as little room for histrionics in golf as in trainspotting.
The Guardian
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This is a story of the boom-and-bust histrionics of the Mumbai stock exchange.
The Guardian
7
Here, too, are the exaggerated histrionics of Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris.
Reuters
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Her one art was histrionics of the kind that made an individual appeal.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
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There are no autobiographical revelations, no personal drama, no public histrionics.
The Irish Times
10
Ordinary-looking people pass through huge emotions without ever resulting to histrionics.
The Irish Times
11
It seems so private and quaint, after all the histrionics of his existence.
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
12
Del Toro has nailed the junkie vibe without resorting to histrionics.
Reuters
13
Describes some of the matches, some of the histrionics the wrestlers go through.
The new yorker
14
Here, I think, we may spare a tribute of admiration to Pendean's histrionics.
The Red Redmaynes
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The donkey beneath her was composed and unimpressed by her histrionics.
Timeless
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What new histrionics would they be subjected to this time?
In for a penny
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