How to Use hysteria in a Sentence

hysteria

noun

• 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.
• In the weeks since that last outing, my temperament has ranged from eerily calm to complete hysteria.
  — Keyaira Kelly, Essence, 17 Apr. 2020
• But the data must be filtered carefully, as search queries can reflect hysteria as much as a real epidemic.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2020
• These are truly uncharted waters, and reactions around the world have run the gamut, from hysteria to apathy.
  — Michelle Lee, Allure, 13 Apr. 2020
• But our country has a population so huge that issues of miscommunication and mass hysteria are bound to arise.
  — Ritoban Mukherjee, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2020
• Outside the vortex of hysteria that is social media, there’s no more reliable gauge of the national mood at any given moment than late-night talk shows.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 16 Mar. 2020
• Especially later in her career, Garland often carried an edge of hysteria even in roles where it wasn’t required.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2020
• Inaccurate predictions in public health, especially with false positives, can lead to mass hysteria about the spread of a disease.
  — Vandana Janeja, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2020
• Before California instituted 'shelter in place,' there was a little bit of a hysteria.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 25 Mar. 2020
• Although the government has refuted the rumors and leading supermarket chains have clarified that there is no shortage of supply, the hysteria is yet to die down.
  — Time, 17 Feb. 2020
• But regardless of the flexible Minnesota statute, first-degree would have to be a charge buoyed primarily by politics and hysteria.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 June 2020
• 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, 23 Nov. 2018
• But with all that hysteria, Mean Girls still isn’t the project Chabert is asked about the most.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 3 Dec. 2020
• 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
• But the hysteria has died down along with the volume of complaints.
  — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
• 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
• She was committed to every fashionable left-wing cause in a year of left-wing hysteria.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 31 July 2024
• The group assembled at the villa may face external threats from roving bandits, but their escalating hysteria means the seeds of their downfall are sown from within.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024