How to Use melodrama in a Sentence

melodrama

noun
  • The trial turned into a melodrama.
  • Critics dismissed his work as melodrama.
  • She is starring in another melodrama.
  • The melodrama, in fact, is so high, the film teeters on the brink of satire.
    — cleveland, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Just the crudeness of it, in the despair of it, in the melodrama of it.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Huge town that loves its melodrama and is king and queen of the Big Event.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Even Lawrence, the steadiest of the lot, gets caught up in the melodrama.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The film in question was a sci-fi thriller but the case played out in court like a melodrama.
    — Brian Melley, ajc, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The body of the series is a bantery young-adult soap, the head a woman-on-the-edge thriller, and the tail a race melodrama.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Giving into the melodrama of the moment is not the way to go.
    — Fox News, 26 July 2018
  • The cast is more than up to the task of making the melodrama relatable.
    — Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Even if a lot of the contestants turned up the melodrama to a hundred.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Critics of The Swan often rolled their eyes at the melodrama.
    — Jensen Davis, The New Republic, 7 May 2021
  • For many people, this will all sound like a lot of melodrama.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Well, this backstage melodrama is the origin of all that stuff, from 1933 to Glee.
    — John Timpane, Philly.com, 8 July 2018
  • And then the plot turns to melodrama, an echo of the bleak Norse sagas that were part of its inspiration.
    — Matthew Shechmeister, WIRED, 19 Apr. 2011
  • The show set in motion a new kind of high school melodrama, one shot through with a down and dirty spirit.
    — Lauren Mechling, Town & Country, 4 Oct. 2020
  • The moon’s clash with Neptune amps up the cosmic melodrama.
    — USA TODAY, 15 July 2023
  • As to what happens, well, there are shards of drama and melodrama, many meant to cut and hurt.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • She gets sucked into the hellscape that is the Kevin Pearson-Olivia Maine melodrama!
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The comedy is wild and timeless; the melodrama is strained and alien.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2020
  • The problem with the Ukraine impeachment is the melodrama.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Yes, Titanic is a soapy melodrama, which didn’t used to be a crime.
    — Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
  • There's plenty of high school melodrama, too, of course.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2020
  • In other words, this is melodrama with songs, but of a very high order.
    — Moira MacDonald, The Seattle Times, 2 Oct. 2018
  • So then, why do so many fans around here — and elsewhere — get pulled into the melodrama?
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Mar. 2022
  • There are the makings here of a melodrama like the ones that Earl and the narrator enjoy watching.
    — Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • And there is plenty of drama — melodrama, too — to go around.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 31 May 2018
  • Hairpin turns and stressful pit stops go a long way toward entertaining F1 fans and neophytes alike, though melodrama and a bloated run time put the brakes on what should be a film that zips.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 June 2025
  • Here, melodrama and misandry merge in lyrics and a performance drenched in the giddiest disbelief about smoking weed with Lady Gaga.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 June 2025

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