He points histrionically at the open French windows. From Wordnik.com. [The mission song]
To put it lest histrionically, working with an agent is work. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » 2010 » January] Reference
"I really was fighting a losing battle, was I not?" he remarked in a histrionically resigned voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Outrageous Dowager]
I was rooting for Italy, as I felt a connection with their on-field behavior, histrionically speaking. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
When he saw her successful, both histrionically and financially, when he saw that she could have her will of Joseph. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful and Damned] Reference
Basler says that Mary Todd's scene with General Ord's wife "is histrionically exaggerated out of all proportion to the recorded facts.". From Wordnik.com. [Gore Vidal's 'Lincoln'?: An Exchange] Reference
A similar law signed in Michigan targets "ultraviolent" video games, a phrase that is even more histrionically bereft of serious meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Tortured Language of the Law] Reference
Patricia Racette, who sang the role here last year, is probably the best Butterfly in the world right now, both vocally and histrionically. From Wordnik.com. [Return of the Ninja Geishas] Reference
This was too direct to be histrionically misunderstood. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
This he does admirably, both vocally and histrionically. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 27, 1893] Reference
Like histrionically checking all the mirrors before pulling out. From Wordnik.com. [sweasel.com] Reference
The woman stood histrionically at the end of the bar, and exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [England, My England] Reference
But histrionically it must be confessed that things dragged a little. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916] Reference
"Horrid head he'd got," said the failure, and shivered histrionically. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder] Reference
Then he marched histrionically to the ranchhouse and made a fire in the rusted stove. From Wordnik.com. [Sundown Slim] Reference
For another, as Kay histrionically pointed out on the broadcast, it's a record that can't be broken. From Wordnik.com. [Bronx Banter] Reference
Elsewhere, it means a solemn dissertation, read, or sometimes histrionically declaimed, by the professor. From Wordnik.com. [Memorials and Other Papers — Complete] Reference
Though not quite as histrionically verbose, I'm positive I am not the only individual who feels this way. From Wordnik.com. [The daily irrelevant] Reference
Not only is it a scenic wonder, it's also an ideal place for the histrionically-inclined to off themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
True, she could act; she had been told by many a great impressario that histrionically she had no peer in grand opera. From Wordnik.com. [The Place of Honeymoons] Reference
As a result he was but histrionically master of himself when the Countess Livia or the nimbus of the lady appeared in the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Amazing Marriage — Complete] Reference
Charteris could not have hypnotized his host into undertaking the part, but rather because Sir Thomas was histrionically unfit. From Wordnik.com. [The Intrusion of Jimmy] Reference
Stok sighed histrionically. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral In Berlin]
“Here is my Elizabeth,” said Clarissa, emotionally, histrionically, perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Dalloway] Reference
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