How to Use hysteric in a Sentence

hysteric

noun
Definition of hystericnext
  • My girlfriend was on the phone with her mom in hysterics for most of the day yesterday.
    — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 31 Oct. 2015
  • The rhetoric was remarkable, and the hysterics weren’t confined to fringe figures on the left.
    — David French, National Review, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The Green dunk on a Curry dime that sent the locals into hysterics.
    — Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 2 June 2017
  • At the time, people like them were dismissed as hysterics.
    — Ed Symkus, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
  • Pro-Trump Liberty goes from blonde to red - and works it! - but not before some tears and hysterics.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Peters isn't the type for an impassioned pregame speech or rah-rah hysterics on the sideline.
    — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 26 Oct. 2019
  • An angry woman is no more than a hysteric, a shrew, a person to be punished.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Durant had received the tip from Shaun Livingston on the left side, pump-faked and smoothly buried the mid-range shot to send the sellout crowd into hysterics.
    — Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The post shows a photo in which the young mother climbed into the crib of her infant daughter, Luella, in the hopes of soothing her during a fit of hysterics.
    — Diana Bruk, Redbook, 4 May 2017
  • Jamie and Claire can't suppress their hysterics any longer and laugh at Geordie's indignation.
    — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The David Bingham of 1893 is a male version of the stereotypical female spinster and hysteric.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Springsteen & Company made it nearly to the end without incident, and with the crowd in hysterics.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2017
  • Earlier that day, as the team prepared for its game against the Yard Goats in Hartford, Guerrero sent the internet into hysterics, but not with a home run.
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 24 May 2018
  • Reed played just 27 minutes, but hit his first two shots, sending the Madison Square Garden into hysterics.
    — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 28 May 2018
  • Partisan hysterics to the contrary, the republic is in fine shape under Trump.
    — Gary Abernathy, The Denver Post, 24 June 2019
  • His swerving blast from 30 yards sailed past Hugo Lloris into the French net to send the heavily Argentine crowd into hysterics.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 30 June 2018
  • Never mind that my young kids were riled up in the back seat, complaining loudly about the lack of pop music on the radio, now in hysterics after their grandfather’s blunder.
    — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Carlos Vela calmly struck the ensuing penalty kick to the left of goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo, sending the crowd into hysterics and huge quantities of beer into the air above the stands.
    — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 24 June 2018
  • There are several other acts, then, who could send fans into hysterics.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Samuel Comroe Comroe had the crowd in hysterics during his audition.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 14 June 2018
  • The judge accused her of endangering her children, which sent Ms. Matthias into hysterics.
    — John Otis, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2018
  • No violence, no hysterics, nothing scary — except the mention of cancer, which is frightening in its own right.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2023
  • To listen to the hysterics, this can be explained entirely by the sexist bias of the computer science and engineering fields — and the big corporations that depend on them.
    — Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Aug. 2017
  • But, amid these often-nihilistic narrative hysterics, Fez also served as the show’s moral center.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Her piano duets with her two sisters usually ended in hysterics.
    — courant.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Just when the world finally recovered from royal wedding fever, the hysterics may flare up again, as Meghan Markle’s bridal gown is rumored to be headed for public display at Windsor Castle.
    — Janine Puhak, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018
  • Especially knowing how much our media loves to portray women as liars and hysterics.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 18 Feb. 2020
  • So a few days before the retreat, before the article online sent Sedona into hysterics and threatened to derail everything, Brent went to see his guru.
    — Alden Woods, azcentral, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Only this time, Loeb herself appeared guitar in hand to perform the beloved hit to an audience that went into immediate hysterics over the wistful ballad.
    — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 7 May 2019
  • During dinner, four close friends and family members delivered toasts that left the wedding party in a combination of hysterics and tears.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2023

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