histrionic

Such miscues mired the show in histrionic soapiness, upsetting the delicate balance between domestic drama and social change.

In fact, The Newsroom seems to relish putting loud women in their place or to render them helpless and histrionic.

This rare merit even the most fastidious critic must allow: but her histrionic essay is, in another respect, equally remarkable.

She has inherited the histrionic gift from her mother—from me.

Histrionic art always and everywhere suffers from the ephemeral conditions under which it has to be externalised.

In the midst of her histrionic triumphs, Mlle. Clairon continued her career of gallantry.

Here she trained a number of aspirants to histrionic fame, several of whom were destined to make their mark in years to come.