His voice seemed to be approaching hysteria and Smith wondered if talking about money might calm him down.

Senorita Juanita Pasquales, nervous and approaching hysteria, could tell nothing.

Riffing on the dangers of romance, she approaches hysteria, alarming the pragmatic Celia.

For Quirk that was a reaction approaching hysteria.

The campaign to draw in listeners approaches hysteria.

Never less than animated, Sedgwick appears to approach hysteria - perhaps annotating her video monologue, perhaps freaked out by it.

They were, instead, in collective giggles fast approaching mild hysteria.

The young man spoke with something approaching hysteria.

But the degree of fear appears to be approaching hysteria in some quarters, and this may be overdone.

Every N.F.L. franchise or corporate relocation southward takes on the tint of metaphor and each success encourages something approaching hysteria.