How to Use hysteria in a Sentence

hysteria

noun
Definition of hysterianext
Synonyms for hysterianext
  • The spreading of the disease caused mass hysteria in the village.
  • A few of the children began to scream, and soon they were all caught up in the hysteria.
  • Wartime hysteria led to many unfair accusations of treachery.
  • There was all this hysteria, and so that surprises people.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The strings are almost troublingly raw, perched on the edge of hysteria, over a yawning gulf to the deep base of the orchestra.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 1 July 2018
  • As of Monday morning, the Red Hen was already deep in the grip of online hysteria.
    — Daniel Arkin /, NBC News, 25 June 2018
  • The resistance girding for war, or curdling into hysteria, depending on your view.
    — Rachel Van Dongen, Washington Post, 3 July 2018
  • His private jet landed in Burbank on Saturday, which only added to the hysteria.
    — SFChronicle.com, 30 June 2018
  • As more police arrived, Ireland’s demeanor varied from paranoia to hysteria, police wrote in the statement of charges.
    — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 2 July 2018
  • Manufacturing a crisis, stoking hysteria and even condoning violence, all in the name of getting clicks and viewers.
    — Brian Flood, Fox News, 22 June 2018
  • Colombia then took the lead in the 73rd minute, as Mina powered home a header from a corner to send Los Cafeteros' fans into hysteria.
    — SI.com, 28 June 2018
  • Justice Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court this week throwing the left and the mainstream media into utter hysteria.
    — Fox News, 30 June 2018
  • Other experts have raised the possibility of environmental factors or even mass hysteria.
    — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 30 June 2018
  • Theories range from deliberate attacks, malfunctioning technology or even symptoms caused by mass hysteria, a toxin or a virus.
    — Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, 28 June 2018
  • This was a time of war, and the West Coast was full of hysteria.
    — NBC news, 30 Apr. 2021
  • In the lead-up to the vote, this media hysteria reached a fevered pitch.
    — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2019
  • But with all that hysteria, Mean Girls still isn't the project Chabert is asked about the most.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 23 Nov. 2018
  • But with all that hysteria, Mean Girls still isn’t the project Chabert is asked about the most.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 3 Dec. 2020
  • There was a lot of hysteria about crack and no one knew what to do about it.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Early on, the show seems to ask, What is the adult world’s present hysteria doing to the kids?
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2017
  • The level of hysteria changes as your fans grow with you.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2019
  • The rosé trend has also had its fair share of hysteria.
    — Todd Plummer, Vogue, 4 June 2017
  • The hysteria over the Padres has caused the front office to cap season-ticket sales.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The risk of a mass-hysteria outbreak also couldn’t be ruled out.
    — WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
  • But the hysteria has died down along with the volume of complaints.
    — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • And behind all of the hype, hoopla and hysteria, there's the basketball.
    — Rana L. Cash, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Hey, guys, time to cool the clown hysteria--most of em are good, cheer up the kiddies, make people laugh.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity.com, 5 May 2017
  • Johnson was 22 when she was caught up in the hysteria of the witch trials and sentenced to hang.
    — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The hysteria set off the rest of the group, unleashing a contagion of crying that left the staff at a loss.
    — Author: Maria Sacchetti, Kevin Sieff, Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2018
  • In another case, one of these drills led to hysteria and a stampede in a school in Florida as students attempted to flee their faux intruder.
    — Luke J. Rapa, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2024

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