The old cargo master's voice held a note of near hysteria.

The state, spurred by the public's near hysteria, conducted a massive campaign against the group.

But caught in a flux of near hysteria, it was all he could do right now to keep from screeching at them.

My face was flushed, my eyes wide with near hysteria.

Her little breath of laughter was very near hysteria.

And public opinion on the issue has been whipped into near hysteria here.

He repeated the word in near hysteria but the captain remained standing.

A woman passed him at a dead run, looking ragged and near hysteria.

He, on the other hand, almost never tried to interfere in the near hysteria that Juanita called her daily life.

Canyon knew the right questions to ask, and he was able to work most of his subjects up to a state of near hysteria.