'histrionics' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to refer to overwrought or excessive emotional displays or behavior, typically in a theatrical or melodramatic way. For example, you could say, "She was known for her histrionics on stage, but in private she was reserved and quiet."
The new additions give the Celtics more experience, more athleticism and, as Pierce noted recently, fewer histrionics.
So there was no appetite for eve-of-Agincourt histrionics.
The histrionics were already widespread by then; the popular narrative blames the influx of foreign players, with Vlade Divac of Serbia often cited as patient zero.
In his efforts to dodge histrionics, Mr van Hove has perhaps leaned too far in the other direction.The audience has its own way of saying these things, of course, and its slightly too frequent coughing and checking of watches (on the night this reviewer attended) suggested wandering attentions in parts.
After three years of histrionics, Jakarta is calm and confidence is rising.
It's a scenario that would lend itself to a chilling horror film about demonic possession, or a coming-of-age drama about female empowerment and sexuality, or a sly comedy about adolescent histrionics.
Against this backdrop, Mrs Clinton came to Pakistan not just to pledge support in counter-terrorism but to prop up its fledgling democracy.In this section An election under siege A hostile ally Cash and carry Distant dreams They need another hero Himalayan histrionics ReprintsBut first she has to resolve continuing strains in her country's relationship with Pakistan's powerful army.
Because MPs will be able to question Mr Blair in detail, these sessions, which will be held twice a year, are potentially much more useful than the weekly histrionics of prime minister's questions.There are other signs that select committees are beginning to exert greater influence.
On March 4th Mr Ivanishvili issued a public statement apologising to Georgia's allies for the president's behavior.Mr Saakashvili's histrionics do not get Mr Ivanishvili off the hook.
It helps, too, that Mr Beale has an uncanny ability to connect with the audience, with neither vanity nor histrionics; there is something eerily and painfully immediate to his Leontes.
The upshot has been fairer judging and fewer empty histrionics (as in many sports, fighters would often try to distract judges by yells and such like)—in short, a better show all round.Take the recent London Olympics.
