high camp
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And while I’d never turn up my nose at high camp, especially in a film that needs it as badly as “Christy,” Wever’s performance slowly turns into something else entirely.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
But then doesn’t the high camp of “The Gilded Age” mark it squarely as a comedy?
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024
Hell’s Kitchen is high camp made easier to swallow thanks to food that’s better than it needs to be.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2023
An incredible performer whose work uses high camp.
From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2022
On May 28, following two and a half months of prodigious effort, a high camp was dug tenuously into the Southeast Ridge at 27,900 feet.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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