melodrama
Example Sentences
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After winning last year, there is no longer a melodrama every time he makes a bad shot.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
There is still plenty of value in the theatrical melodrama.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 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
Anderson is here for the melodrama, the special lessons and the climaxes that fall flat.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
This family story makes such terrific melodrama that it seems reasonable to wonder whether it actually happened.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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