a penchant for dish throwing, door slamming, and other histrionic displays of temper we never tired of his histrionic reenactment of how he found money under the floorboards of a house he was renovating

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Opposition to the project, loud and histrionic, has come from a variety of quarters. Hari Kunzru, The New York Review of Books, "The Wages of Whiteness," 8 Sep. 2020

Denis bolted down the stairs in what seemed to me like histrionic distress. Bill Buford, The New Yorker, "Baking Bread in Lyon," 6 Apr. 2020

That, roughly speaking, is the thesis of a group of writers who, since Trump’s election in 2016, have chastised the left for its supposedly histrionic excesses. Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, "The Strange Liberal Backlash to Woke Culture," 25 Nov. 2019

Checking the news compulsively and reading every random, poorly sourced and histrionic tweet will only add to your anxiety. Jessica Grose, New York Times, "Parents Need Stress Relief, Too," 18 Mar. 2020

His father was a histrionic type, eternally crouched against imagined (and experienced) tragedy. Robin Romm, Wired, "'Hi Dad, It's Me. Please Buy Lots of Soup'," 11 Mar. 2020

And their histrionic mother Shelly (Judith Light) has embraced life as an amateur actor. Robyn Bahr, Billboard, "'Transparent: Musicale Finale': TV Review," 18 Sep. 2019

And their histrionic mother Shelly (Judith Light) has embraced life as an amateur actor. Robyn Bahr, Billboard, "'Transparent: Musicale Finale': TV Review," 18 Sep. 2019

In the hours before the House voted, Republican lawmakers rushed to the floor Wednesday to depict Trump in historical and histrionic terms of unjust persecution. NBC News, "Trump pays a historic price for doing business his way: Impeachment," 19 Dec. 2019

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