dramatics
Example Sentences
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The highs, the lows, the dramatics, the desperation, it was all there when nothing was there, it was the feeling that even with everything gone, you still belonged to something.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
That “rift” may have been mildly overcooked for TV dramatics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025
But it’s when she turns inward that Madison’s performance starts to sing, revealing the great depth behind her character’s hardened exterior without the need for any showy dramatics.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025
The Italian was so impressed by the dramatics of the threat that he could not resist the temptation to mention it to Rebeca.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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