melodrama
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I did not want to make something that was morose or a melodrama.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
With a love triangle between two living parties and a dead guy, custody disagreements and a few other small-time secrets, Hoover has essentially perfected the recipe for the modern melodrama.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have accused the author of a new royal biography of "deranged conspiracy and melodrama".
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
In “Anna Karenina,” for instance, Tolstoy immediately plunges into a melodrama of infidelity, marriage proposals and ballroom dancing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
"But then," Yolanda says in the ominous voice of a radio melodrama, "then Papi found the letters."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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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