Example Sentences

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Junk dealers bid, as histrionically as possible, on the contents of abandoned storage spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Young Dalí is played histrionically by Ezra Miller, the intense young Gala by Avital Lvova.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2023

Some excitable professors now histrionically regret having elected Sweet president of the American Historical Association.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022

The streets are orgies of blossoms, boughs of cherries and pears histrionically thick with flowers in basic white and show-off pink.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 23, 2019

“Help me, sir,” Ignatius slobbered, grabbing histrionically at the lapels of Mr. Levy’s sports jacket.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole