histrionics

It’s sure to come without the histrionics of the last election—though violence is prevalent in the United States, and I discount nothing at this point.

Without the distracting histrionics of the blustering Republican nominee, the Vance-Walz face-off could prove more substantive than the two presidential debates that took place this summer.

"It's histrionics and grandstanding," said John Bursch, of the Alliance Defending Freedom.

The jurors focus on the evidence, not the man, and not the histrionics and theatrics of the courtroom.

I dare say they likely all already knew that, and their histrionics about "life" were a pretext for the real goal: stripping women of basic rights.