| Showed excessive feeling |
The Times Concise |
21 Sep 2026 |
| Went over the top, on stage |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Mar 2026 |
| Performed very theatrically |
USA Today |
04 Dec 2025 |
| Hammed it up |
TV |
23 Nov 2025 |
| Hammed it up |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Nov 2025 |
| Losing head, distant daughter expressed strong feelings |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Sep 2025 |
| Showed exaggerated feelings |
The Times Concise |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Overplayed on stage |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Displayed feelings |
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| Acted like a ham |
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| Expressed sentiment |
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| Hammed it up |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Acted badly? |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Aug 2024 |
| In a way, acted |
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| Hammed it up |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Hammed it up |
Universal |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Overacted |
LA Times Daily |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Expressed one's feelings melodramatically |
The Guardian Quick |
03 Feb 2024 |
| Acted too broadly |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2023 |
| Hammed it up |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Melodramatized |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2023 |
| Overacted |
USA Today |
08 Oct 2023 |
| Acted too dramatically |
Universal |
27 Aug 2023 |
| Was melodramatic |
LA Times Daily |
09 Aug 2023 |
| Hammed it up |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2023 |
| Hammed it up |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Feb 2023 |
| Hammed it up |
Universal |
28 Dec 2022 |
| Hammed it up on stage |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2022 |
| Wasn't stoic |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Portrayed feelings in an overly-theatrical manner |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Hammed it up |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Apr 2022 |
| Showed feelings |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Showed feelings |
USA Today |
06 Jul 2021 |
| Portrayed feelings in a theatrical manner |
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| Acted over-the-top? |
Universal |
20 Feb 2021 |
| Overplayed a part, say |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2021 |
| Acted badly? |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Dec 2020 |
| Overplayed the part |
Premier Sunday |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Showed feelings |
USA Today |
07 Aug 2020 |
| Journalist admitting blemish expressed feeling |
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| Chewed the scenery |
LA Times Daily |
06 Feb 2020 |
| Chewed the scenery |
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| Hammed it up |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2020 |
| Hammed it up |
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| Overdid it onstage |
New York Times |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Overdid it onstage |
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| Hammed it up |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Sep 2019 |
| Was melodramatic |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2019 |
| Brought the drama |
Universal |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Overacted |
Newsday |
20 May 2019 |
| Brought the drama |
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| Was melodramatic |
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| Overplayed it |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2018 |
| Overexpressed a role |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2018 |
| Acted as cashier from first to last |
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| Hammed it up |
USA Today |
24 Jan 2018 |
| Hammed it up |
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| Overdid the acting |
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| Chewed the scenery |
New York Times |
19 Oct 2017 |
| Feigned feelings |
Newsday |
27 Aug 2017 |
| Made a big scene? |
New York Times |
29 Apr 2017 |
| Overplayed one's role |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2017 |
| Chewed the scenery |
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| Made a big scene? |
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| Acted badly |
Universal |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Showed feelings being relegated, losing head |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Apr 2016 |
| Acted badly? |
Universal |
31 Jul 2015 |
| Was overtheatrical |
Newsday |
26 Jul 2015 |
| Overacted |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jan 2015 |
| Was overtheatrical |
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| Became melodramatic |
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| Acted badly? |
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| Hammed it up |
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| Overplayed one's role |
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| Played the ham |
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| Acted unprofessionally |
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| Acted |
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| Hammed it up |
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| Gushed on stage |
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| Gushed on stage |
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| Acted broadly, on Broadway |
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| Didn't hide one's feelings, to say the least |
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| Acted amateurishly |
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| Frustrated the director, perhaps |
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| Hammed it up |
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| Hammed it up onstage |
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| Performed badly? |
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| Acted hammily |
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| Was melodramatic |
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| Hammed it up |
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| Frustrated the director, perhaps |
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| Hammed it up |
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| Hammed it up |
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| Acted stagily |
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| Didn't act well |
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| Overplayed one's feelings |
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| Did it broadly, on Broadway |
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| Acted badly |
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| Didn't act well |
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| Hammed it up |
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| Chewed the scenery |
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| Got melodramatic |
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| Was hammy |
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| Acted poorly? |
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| Exaggerated a part |
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| Overdid one's part |
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| Gushed |
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| Went over the top, in a way |
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| Waxed melodramatic |
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| Acted badly |
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| Was a ham |
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| Chewed the scenery |
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| Chewed the scenery |
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| Hammed up 'Hamlet' |
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| Overplayed, in a way |
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| Wept wildly, maybe |
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| Chewed the scenery |
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| Chewed the scenery |
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| Overacted |
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| Overplayed one's feelings |
|
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| Overacted |
|
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| Acted hammily |
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| Melodramatized |
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| Overacted |
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| Overplayed |
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| Gave an over-the-top performance |
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| Chewed the scenery |
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| Was a bad player, perhaps |
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| Chewed the scenery |
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| Acted |
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| Overplayed |
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| Was a ham |
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| Got theatrical |
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| Put on a show |
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| Waxed maudlinly |
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| Didn't act subtly |
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| Mugged |
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| Acted amateurishly |
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| Did with a passion? |
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| Did B-grade stage work |
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| Waxed perfervid |
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| Mugged, maybe |
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| Indulged in cabotinage |
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| Overacted |
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| Emulated Pearl White |
|
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| Emulated Mary Pickford |
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| Was impassioned |
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| Raged onstage |
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| Emulated William Gillette |
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| What Pearl White did in films |
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| Showed feeling |
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| Played a part to the hilt |
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| Was theatrical |
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| Acted badly? |
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| Behaved theatrically: Colloq. |
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| Emulated certain actresses. |
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| Overacted: Colloq. |
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| Overacted |
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| Made a big scene? |
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| Put on an act |
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| Acted in a way |
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| Overdid a scene. |
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| Displayed feeling: Jocose. |
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