melodrama
Example Sentences
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The truth emerges gradually and without melodrama, though “The Keeper” has its explosive moments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
So even after the past week, a leadership melodrama seems far from certain.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
I did not want to make something that was morose or a melodrama.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Regrets are staples of the melodrama, and Hoover’s characters are in constant conversation with their past selves.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
Maybe it would just be melodrama, a skin-deep slash or two, her old theatricality; though perhaps theatrical people are not less risky, but more.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing melodrama
Drama Terminology
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Literary Genres - Advanced
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Middle School
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