How to Use melodrama in a Sentence

melodrama

noun
Definition of melodramanext
Synonyms for melodramanext
  • The film in question was a sci-fi thriller but the case played out in court like a melodrama.
    — Brian Melley, ajc, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Even if a lot of the contestants turned up the melodrama to a hundred.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The moon’s clash with Neptune amps up the cosmic melodrama.
    — USA TODAY, 15 July 2023
  • Yes, Titanic is a soapy melodrama, which didn’t used to be a crime.
    — Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
  • There are the makings here of a melodrama like the ones that Earl and the narrator enjoy watching.
    — Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • There is, of course, nothing wrong with choosing high-stakes melodrama as a form.
    — David Benedict, Variety, 26 June 2022
  • Scree tell it the way the best history books do: rich in tradition with a flair for melodrama and plenty of time to take in the scenery.
    — Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Peretti first performed the fake melodrama in 2017 as a reading at UCB, which was recorded for an episode of the podcast.
    — Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In the 2000s, My Chemical Romance charged emo with the melodrama of theater nerds and became some of the biggest rock stars on the planet.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Mary Weiss, the singer who channeled the melodrama of adolescence as the lead vocalist of the quintessential girl group the Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75.
    — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
  • In this season the show has leaned further into melodrama.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The romantic melodrama tells the story of Silva (Pascal), who rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Jake (Hawke), a sheriff.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 June 2023
  • But those engaging bits are set amid a sea of melodrama and unsubtle Cold War tropes that can be hard to cringe your way through.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The season kicks off with a return to the company’s old-school radio melodrama.
    — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2022
  • The twisted part is that, all things considered, and teenage melodrama aside, this should have been a perfect getaway.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The embarrassment of the situation, this melodrama doesn't just fall on the shoulders of Aaron Rodgers.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Even the camera crew, who usually worked on melodramas, had to be trained to shoot action sequences.
    — Simon Abrams, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Nineteen is a time for self-discovery, sometimes with a dash of melodrama.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 21 June 2023
  • After some sniffing to confirm the weeping human was not in fact crying pieces of beef jerky, Judy left me to my melodrama.
    — Jess Joho, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Despite this show being ‘a bit’ of a melodrama at times, the comedic timing really is what keeps me coming back.
    — Andrew Hammond | Ahammond@al.com, al, 10 July 2023
  • Mitski scales the peak of pop melodrama in her fashionably ’80s synth-rock jaunt.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022
  • Yet even watching it in Thai doesn’t make up for the fact that the writing is often bad, leaning into melodrama more often than not.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2022
  • But while that movie had its share of compromises for the sake of melodrama, its performances always felt lived-in.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • But the series provided enough heroism and melodrama to keep its many loyal fans happy over the years.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2022
  • But fans can still expect big fights, big powers and mutant melodrama.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Much of the action is sheer melodrama—which is no pejorative.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 June 2024
  • Period melodrama has become a fertile field, which turns out to be a double-edged sword.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Illustration: Sienna O’rourke The Morrissey had the right melodrama in his limbs, and his voice was strong and pained.
    — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
  • However, the absolute dynamism of the cast keeps the show from falling into pure melodrama.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Viewers would get their melodrama with Julia, and her prickly relationship with the town of La Muga.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024

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