How to Use hysteric in a Sentence

hysteric

noun
  • Now, for those inclined to give in to talk-radio hysterics, take a breath.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 12 Mar. 2024
  • My girlfriend was on the phone with her mom in hysterics for most of the day yesterday.
    — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 31 Oct. 2015
  • An angry woman is no more than a hysteric, a shrew, a person to be punished.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 22 Nov. 2023
  • When the kids start to settle in for bed, a rogue flashlight off in the distance scares them into hysterics.
    — Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Peters isn't the type for an impassioned pregame speech or rah-rah hysterics on the sideline.
    — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 26 Oct. 2019
  • The rhetoric was remarkable, and the hysterics weren’t confined to fringe figures on the left.
    — David French, National Review, 20 Dec. 2017
  • There are several other acts, then, who could send fans into hysterics.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The Green dunk on a Curry dime that sent the locals into hysterics.
    — Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 2 June 2017
  • Obama’s patience wears thin in response to Trump’s hysterics.
    — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 24 July 2025
  • Louis’s friends thought Fanny a hysteric on the subject, always crying wolf.
    — Phyllis Rose, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Her piano duets with her two sisters usually ended in hysterics.
    — courant.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Its interest stems from how the scenes land like a series of vignettes, that transition from stillness to hysterics on a dime.
    — Beandrea July, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2024
  • But there are kinks that need to be worked out, including some plot hysterics (a burning of a house is too over the top) that throw it off its comedy tracks.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • At the wave of his hand, congregants would fall to the floor shrieking and convulsing in rapturous hysterics.
    — Laura Bullard, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Too often her character requires her to fall into hysterics.
    — Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
  • 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 next was his minor hysterics over Caleb’s interest in Kayda.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Especially knowing how much our media loves to portray women as liars and hysterics.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 18 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • Samuel Comroe Comroe had the crowd in hysterics during his audition.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 14 June 2018
  • But, amid these often-nihilistic narrative hysterics, Fez also served as the show’s moral center.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • Ron Song who played Ken would speak so painfully slowly and would send me into hysterics talking about his gum ball machine and his sticker machines.
    — James Marsden Published, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The unveiling of his cover in 2017 sent the internet into hysterics for days.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • 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
  • Even in those quiet hysterics which statued me unprovoked, my imagination had not conjured this rapid an unspooling.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Tragedy is dealt with quietly, permeating the atmosphere, seldom leading to hysterics or scenes.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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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