How to Use hysterical in a Sentence

hysterical

adjective
  • Those two guys are hysterical and brilliant in their own right.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 28 July 2021
  • And that was hysterical — like, that’s pretty on-brand for us.
    — Jordan Greene, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Alice was hysterical at his deathbed and had to be removed from his room.
    — Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The mother was not hurt but was hysterical after the car sped off.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2019
  • The hot guys are all pumped to be there, and Kyle is hysterical as the nerdy loser.
    — Alexis Pereira, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2021
  • My daughter, who was freaked out and nearly hysterical, was brought to my house.
    — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The others claim not to see her, so the governess gets hysterical.
    — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Her mother wasn't sobbing or hysterical, but the tears made wet tracks down her cheeks.
    — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 16 July 2021
  • Cooper couldn't hold back hysterical laughter for much of the ad.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Phillips stuttered through hysterical sobs to tell Horner she’d been raped.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
  • So the method here is to co-opt the hysterical semiotics of alt-righters for sickle supremacy.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The response to player protests over the last two years has bordered on hysterical.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The prospect of looking hysterical or stupid or wrong in front of his or her peers frightens him more than anything.
    — Stefan Beck, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Jeanie holds me and reminds me to breathe in between my hysterical wheezing.
    — Kate Tuttle, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The son ran back to the pickup and was hysterical, Harris said.
    — Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Grandzol bled in the street, in front of his hysterical toddler daughter.
    — Ronnie Polaneczky, Philly.com, 23 May 2018
  • As opposed to, like, a hysterical dumping of objects as a way to create a scene.
    — Hazlitt, 17 May 2023
  • Filming a comedy is so much fun, and every day is hysterical — even the long days.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026
  • We have been taught to apologize for our tears, to suppress our anger and to fear being called hysterical.
    — Maureen Stanton, Longreads, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Onboard the plane, the mood was euphoric and a little hysterical.
    — Nicola Twilley, Wired, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The point of that section was about how Kanye was covered by the hysterical media.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2019
  • The owner asked in his thick accent, giving his friend a clap on the back, laughing at his own hysterical prank.
    — Samantha Dimauro, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024
  • Since then, there's been a war of the words between these two outposts, and the resulting signs are hysterical.
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 14 June 2017
  • My dear friend Sarah Clary came over, opened her eyes wide, and burst into hysterical laughter.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Her parents weren't home, so the hysterical girl tried Sue Leach, who answered the call.
    — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018
  • Rodriguez left the apartment and the woman called two friends, hysterical and crying.
    — John Tedesco, San Antonio Express-News, 1 June 2018
  • The men at the film’s center — Paul and Carey — are hysterical and self-involved.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
  • And also a good hysterical color drench.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The story was front-page news in Canada, but the coverage was far from hysterical.
    — Alan Freeman, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
  • But when a police bomb squad burst through the school doors, along with hysterical parents racing to pick up their kids and bring them to safety, things changed.
    — Health.com, 11 Sep. 2017

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