How to Use melodramatic in a Sentence

melodramatic

adjective

• Oh, quit being so melodramatic!
• What if the non-source music swells and bursts like the melodramatic score of a soap opera at times?
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
• The same can be said for the more melodramatic showdowns once Rose’s case goes to court.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
• Russell did get some chances to break from the melodramatic mold.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2022
• The byzantine road to restoration — and the campaigns to avoid the wrecking ball — have been as melodramatic as one of the movies the Uptown showcased in the 1920s.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2018
• But not the melodramatic sort found in so many lesser movies.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
• In this moment of big TV—epic settings, melodramatic plots—there’s a lot to be said for TV that is small.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2022
• The rest of the gang is all a bit too zany or too soapy melodramatic to buy into, especially with the wild tonal shifts.
  — Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 9 Nov. 2016
• But Healy’s not the only one who gets a shout out on track 2, a melodramatic ode to a guy who, for better or worse, is cut from the same cloth as her.
  — Shannon Carlin, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
• The best of the interludes was before the finale, with Gaga at her most melodramatic.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
• The best of the interludes was before the Finale, with Gaga at her most melodramatic.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2022
• And, sure, the film, though choking on melodramatic goo at times, is a nostalgic and fun re-watch.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2022
• The movie isn’t a melodramatic tell-all, or a total downer.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Dec. 2022
• And at least for now, the melodramatic calcio media has taken a week off.
  — David Ferrini, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• Maybe that sounds absurd or melodramatic, but something about the cool, dark room stirred these wild surges of emotion.
  — Leslie Jamison, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2019
• Much of the film has a jerky, melodramatic urge to pivot sloppily between flashbacks and the present.
  — Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 23 Jan. 2020
• The melodramatic nature of Wubbels' behavior is one of the reasons the video went viral.
  — Val Van Brocklin, Alaska Dispatch News, 1 Oct. 2017
• The frenetic music in the background, the melodramatic slaps, Sarah Jane’s slow crumple to the asphalt.
  — New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
• There is a semblance of a story, but Glazer is careful not to draw on the usual melodramatic tropes.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
• The melodramatic piano music has put you on edge, as have the visible damp of the Savannah air and the oak trees dripping with moss.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• The melodramatic proceedings are too stuffy and bloated to make much of an impact.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
• The group is famous for melodramatic songs that are high on octane and low on subtlety.
  — Noelle Mateer, Wired, 9 July 2020
• The melodramatic tale boils down to this: Dauber was barred by the law school and its communications office from using the image for the poster.
  — Tracey Kaplan, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2017
• What works: The melodramatic plot lines that mark other Madea movies is minimized here, leaving a nice amount of screen time for Madea and her old-timer pals to cut up.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• But in a plot twist that would warm the heart of the show’s lovably melodramatic former soap-opera queen, played by Catherine O’Hara, the Emmys finally came through.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 18 July 2019
• Even in just the four episodes for review, the angsty storylines soon feel forced and melodramatic, at odds with the hangout vibe (in a car, on a couch) that suffuses most of the series.
  — Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2020
• The reason for Kate Middleton’s prolonged absence might be melodramatic or mundane, but no one trusts the Palace to tell the truth.
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• Then, melodramatic Venus swoops into your sign to stir up some trouble.
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 5 July 2024
• But Walden isn’t a play made up of claws-out shouting and shattering, melodramatic reveals.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
• Moore in particular, as the great exponent of the melodramatic heroine in the films of Todd Haynes, is in her element.
  — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024