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Recent Examples of hysteria Based on legal proceedings and real investigations, The Monster of Florence revisits one of Italy’s darkest chapters through the eyes of those accused over the years—the possible monsters—exposing how hysteria and speculation blurred the line between truth and myth. Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025 Bursting at the seams with pathos and hysteria, Bride of Frankenstein honors the source material with refreshing originality – an imaginative expansion of Mary Shelley’s novel has proven unsurpassable in the years since. Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025 He was pulled in favor of Seranthony Dominguez, who plunked his first batter, then gave up the decisive blow, an Eugenio Suárez grand slam that sent the T-Mobile Park crowd into hysteria. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025 The YouTube hysteria proved an almighty distraction. Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hysteria
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Noun
  • LaVine and Monk whipped the crowd into a frenzy, combining to make 17 of 32 from the field and 10 of 18 from 3-point range as the Kings bounced back from a season-opening loss to the Phoenix Suns.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Despite the latest meme stock frenzy, Beyond Meat has nonetheless still fallen 23% so far in 2025 after tumbling 58% in 2024.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This film is situated as a direct sequel to Halloween II, giving us a chance to check in with Laurie Strode 20 years after Michael Myers' first rampage.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In July 2011, a Norwegian neo-Nazi went on a rampage, detonating a bomb in Oslo, Norway, before opening fire at a Labour Party youth camp on nearby Utoya Island.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Hysteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hysteria. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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