Example Sentences

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Niro could have hammed it up and riffed on Robin Williams performance from The Fisher King. Based on his acting choices of the last decade or so, that is just what I’d have predicted.

From Time • Mar. 1, 2012

“We could have hammed it up, but we wanted to be as sincere as we could.”

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2011

"We could have hammed it up, but we wanted to be as sincere as we could," she said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2011