melodramatic

Example Sentences

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It’s a lofty goal, but it might not be very relevant, just like the absurd details of Kennedy’s melodramatic history.

From Salon

Even the sleepiest off-season Sunday can suddenly erupt into the latest melodramatic controversy, with rumours, counter-rumours and abrupt U-turns a matter of course.

From BBC

The cinematography tries too hard to capture melodramatic modern police procedurals with their choking clouds of haze.

From Los Angeles Times

Quigley’s acting is as melodramatic and artificial as Nina’s was said to be before her travails and losses transformed her talent.

From Los Angeles Times

In this melodramatic tale, the Peasant Revolt, as well as the Second, Third and Fourth revolts, are all brutally suppressed by the forces of oligarchy: “We will grind you revolutionists down under our heel.”

From Salon