Hysterical

Examples

• He was off in one of those hysterical outbursts which come upon a strong nature when some great crisis is over and gone. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She broke from me with hysterical vehemence, and threw herself on the sofa in a paroxysm of sobs and tears that shook her from head to foot. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The hysterical passion swelled in her bosom--her quickened convulsive breathing almost beat on my face, as she held me back at the door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You're not letting it make you hysterical? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• After Mrs. Sedley had taken an hysterical adieu of her daughter, the pair went off to the carriage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I am not hysterical, nor given to fainting. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• You won't cry, or make any scene, or turn hysterical, if I answer Yes? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It was from the boy's _novia_, his fianc閑, and it was quietly, formally, and completely hysterical with concern for his safety. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• They all want to kill me--all--all--and with this the lonely old woman burst into a scream of hysterical tears. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I,' with hysterical cheerfulness, 'I--shall soon be able to dismiss it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Amelia was making a fool of herself in an absurd hysterical manner, and retired to her own room to whimper in private. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Here, there was another hysterical laugh, which frightened Mr. Sowerberry very much. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Here was the secret of her blanched face, her shaken nerves, her peals of hysterical laughter on the next morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• In the suddenness of the event, Mrs. Shaw became bewildered and hysterical, and so the precious time slipped by. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Mrs. Vanderbilt became hysterical, and wanted to know where it came from. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Fanny had returned, screaming up-stairs as if pursued at every step, and had thrown herself in hysterical sobbing on the sofa. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Can you lay your hand upon your heart and say that you are worthy of so hysterical a daughter? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And now, for Jane Porter, the reaction came, and she threw herself upon the bench, sobbing with hysterical laughter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• An hysterical relief, Mr. Blake--nothing more! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mrs. Bowls, late Firkin, came and listened grimly in the passage to the hysterical sniffling and giggling which went on in the front parlour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Their critics are just a bit more confused when they become hysterical over the prospect. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Hence the hysterical and minute application of the taboo wherever sex shows itself. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• As Mrs. Sowerberry said this, she gave an hysterical laugh, which threatened violent consequences. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I wished she would utter some hysterical cry, so that I might get relief and be at ease. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• You're hysterical, always were. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Clinging to him she fell into hysterical sobbings and cries, and for the next hour he did nothing but soothe and tend her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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