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Definition of "histrionically" [histrionically]

  • In a histrionic manner. (adverb)

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Use "histrionically" in a sentence
  • "Speaker after speaker at various AIPAC conferences over the past decade including, most histrionically, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has invoked the Holocaust when discussing the possibility of an Iranian nuclear weapon."
  • "If there's a crucial election – Dewey versus Truman, say – then Ma and Pa argue histrionically while a baby and a dog get on with life as usual."
  • "Both parties are now striding histrionically across the stage, pronouncing in loud, mellifluous tones how determined and proud they are to stick to their core principles while demanding that the other side be the first to compromise, the theory being that the other side is more likely to abandon their core principles because, let's be honest, they aren't really core principles so much as re-election talking points."