If you tweak a hammy, which I have many times, pushing it only increases the chance of pulling it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

The scene where the venom symbiote comes to earth was just "hammy".    From Wordnik.com.  [Has Christopher Nolan Signed On For Dark Knight Sequel? | /Film] Reference

As in, “Her swimsuit smelled of her hammy crotchpong.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Bag | Her Bad Mother] Reference

Or perhaps she had and had been too hammy to earn a living.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cruise of a Deathtime]

It was a gloriously gooey cheesy hammy slab of delightfulness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tuesday is Croque Monsieur Day | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan] Reference

I thought I was going to blow a hammy out there or something.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Jason Chimera the NHL's fastest skater?] Reference

Revis24 @r81m Thanks for asking - hammy is fine - bring a book on Sunday!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scott Swanay: NFL Week 2 - Tweet Dreams] Reference

Also loved the hammy and unnecessary inclusion of Shyamalan doppelganger.    From Wordnik.com.  [VOTD: If Hollywood Directors Made Campaign Ads: Part 2 | /Film] Reference

Justinian sniffed industriously but gave no response to the hammy tea towel.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]

The buyers much dislike any foreign smell, any mouldy, hammy, or cheesy odour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer] Reference

And the camera never lies: See what happens when you get hammy with a web cam.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2005] Reference

His hugely hammy performance delighted the hall and earned him a prolonged standing ovation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

Our ham-centered meals, our ham-handed manners and our hammy singing all come in for ribbing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book World: Ron Charles reviews 'Parrot & Olivier in America,' by Peter Carey] Reference

Estelle Parsons does her valiant best in the hammy role of Scandinavian psychic, Helga ten Dorp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deathtrap; Bedlam; Tiny Kushner] Reference

Still smiling, Bu Ali suddenly brought one big hammy fist up and smashed Casca full in the face.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eternal Mercenary]

He can leap tall buildings in a single bound, while crushing beer cans in their large, hammy hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Living On a Prayer… @ Attack of the Redneck Mommy] Reference

I know it felt like fun watching The Rock strike poses so hammy he should've been laced with pineapple.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boycotting The Blockbusters] Reference

Daniel Stern actually gives a decent, non-hammy performance (a rarity!) as the head of a homeless shelter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nick Carr: 11 Best New York City Horror Movies] Reference

Hey, wait, the "honeyed" - "smoked" combo conjures the idea of ham, but pert-faced Breach is in no way hammy.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Finkle: Easy Listener: Why You Should Know Singer Joyce Breach] Reference

Revis hurt his hammy pursuing New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss in the Jets '28-14 victory Sunday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darrelle Revis may miss week or two with a strained hamstring] Reference

And then there was Montalban, ever cool, ever gracious, ever smiling, ever sly, a bit hammy and yet, neverfake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kim Morgan: Khan Baby, Gone: Ricardo Montalban, 1920-2009] Reference

Have you seen Vincent Price's wonderfully hammy turn as Richard (with an American accent) in "Theatre of Blood"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference

What we are looking at is a case of egotism, of self-dramatization, of the hammy display of a prancing public personality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russert Goes Berserk as Clinton Snuffs Archives] Reference

A silly diversion with Lamarr and the hammy, overbearing Bob Hope as competing spies in pursuit of — does it really matter?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weekly Mishmash: April 27-May 3 : Scrubbles.net] Reference

Do you like "Heroes" because of the hammy acting, stilted dialogue and utter lack of internal logic, or in spite of those factors?.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Lost' Questions and Semi-Answers] Reference

In an Oakland Tribune interview in 1907, a hammy old tragedian named George Webster mused on the fickle comings and goings of fame.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maybe Mamie, Maybe Not] Reference

A cautionary “role playing games are bad” made-for-TV movie notable for having a young and hammy Tom Hanks in a supporting role.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weekly Mishmash: March 2-8 : Scrubbles.net] Reference

He paused in his delicate examination of a flattened toad at the side of the road to savour the hammy cloth, his eyes lowered pensively.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]

"We're not making fun of it; we're not trying to do a campy, hammy thing," said artistic director Stephanie Gilman, a still-idealistic 35.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eight-Day Week] Reference

Actually, this plays a bit like a Godzilla flick, only with Joseph Cotten and a hammy Cesar Romero standing in for the big green scaly guy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weekly Mishmash: January 24-30 : Scrubbles.net] Reference