MELODRAMA in a Sentence

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1. The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.
2. He was behaving like a character in a Victorian melodrama.
3. You are like one of the heroes of those silly melodramas Mother used to be so fond of acting in.
4. Then they began to discuss a melodrama that they had seen on the preceding evening at the Gaite Theatre.

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 Meanings and Examples of MELODRAMA
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
melodrama
 n.  drama, characterized by exaggerated emotions, stereotypical characters, and interpersonal conflicts
Classic Sentence:
1  Above a marsh red-winged blackbirds chased a crow in a swift melodrama of the air.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  Then they began to discuss a melodrama that they had seen on the preceding evening at the Gaite Theatre.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABU...
3  I was always saying: go to a good instructive film, but do for goodness sake keep away from these melodramas and love films.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
4  You are like one of the heroes of those silly melodramas Mother used to be so fond of acting in.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
5  Take a few steps, and you come upon that fatal Rue Croulebarbe, where Ulbach stabbed the goat-girl of Ivry to the sound of thunder, as in the melodramas.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU
Example Sentence:
1  The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.
2  He was behaving like a character in a Victorian melodrama.
3  But a single touch of contrivance spoils it all. Any time we feel the authors creating coincidence or engineering emotion, making melodrama rather than musical drama.