melodramatic
Example Sentences
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Ms. Schilinski roams in and out of all the impressions and recollections, most of them stained by sadness and regret, without turning maudlin or melodramatic.
The statement, posted on Facebook, drew a range of sentiment, from support for the department to jokes about what they considered the deputy’s melodramatic response.
From Los Angeles Times
Occasionally undone by melodramatic tendencies, “All That’s Left of You” catalogs the emotional toll that occupation visits on the oppressed.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s nothing sort of overly melodramatic or cathartic about it.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s a lofty goal, but it might not be very relevant, just like the absurd details of Kennedy’s melodramatic history.
From Salon
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