melodramatic

Example Sentences

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Opening track I Will Overcome finds her doom-scrolling through her phone on the rainy streets of Paris, set to an orchestral score that recalls Sondheim at his most melodramatic.

From BBC

He sounded so earnest, I couldn’t tell him I’d found the picture depressing and melodramatic.

From Literature

Still, I volunteered to do the deed myself so I could whisper a melodramatic goodbye to Pierre.

From Literature

Besson always manages to get his actors on the same page he is, and both Jones and Bleu match the director’s campy operatic tone in their melodramatic performances.

From Los Angeles Times

Her melodramatic sorrow at her stilted relationship with Alexis is palpable even as she mourns her daughter’s unwillingness to join her on a wine tasting tour in France . . . when Alexis was seven.

From Salon