How to Use hysteria in a Sentence

hysteria

noun
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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.
  • 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, 3 Dec. 2020
  • But with all that hysteria, Mean Girls still isn't the project Chabert is asked about the most.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 23 Nov. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • So the directive was, and our ethos was be science-based, be fact-based, and don't fall prey to the hysteria.
    — CBS News, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Pop culture has seen its share of boy bands over the years and the related fan hysteria.
    — Shanté Honeycutt, Billboard, 2 May 2018
  • No cause has been ruled out ... but the findings suggest this was not an episode of mass hysteria.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2018
  • And there is a lot of hysteria around shutting down the government.
    — NBC News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Here and there, this vibrating hysteria helps the show.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021
  • All this needs to be sorted out, but not in a spirit of panic and hysteria.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2017
  • There was not the hysteria that later happened in Salem.
    — Steve Smith, courant.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Now, the Kremlin this morning says the U.S. is trying to create a sense of hysteria.
    — ABC News, 13 Feb. 2022
  • On the media hysteria front Russia may be winning the spy vs. spy wars.
    — WSJ, 22 Dec. 2020
  • But those who feed ravenously at the trough of fear can also wind up full of cowardice and hysteria.
    — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Last week, that was Trump himself, in a moment of hysteria.
    — Fox News, 11 Sep. 2018
  • Some people were on the brink of hysteria, (feeling) that not enough was being done.
    — Bob Sylva, sacbee, 25 Apr. 2018
  • With a lead on the scoreboard and the look of lunacy all around, the Prince gazed out at the boiling sea of mass hysteria and opened his teeth wide and feral.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2023

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