Melodrama is an English word with synonyms like comedy. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Melodrama meaning
- A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
- A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.
- A passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks.
Synonyms of Melodrama
Using Melodrama
- The main meaning on this page is: A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. | A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. | A passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks.
- Useful related words include: comedy.
- In the example corpus, melodrama often appears in combinations such as: the melodrama, of melodrama, melodrama and.
Context around Melodrama
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Melodrama
- In this selection, "melodrama" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, usual, need, charming, based, boutique and starring stand out and add context to how "melodrama" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a burlesque melodrama and a charming melodrama based on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "melodrama" sits close to words such as abort, aftermarket and airbag, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with melodrama
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Républicains have been engulfed straight out of a burlesque melodrama. (10 words)
Join the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players for The 67th Old-Fashioned Melodrama! (12 words)
I was going out for The O.C., which is a teenage melodrama. (13 words)
A charming melodrama based on Colm Tóibín’s bestselling novel, is set in the 1950s and stars Saoirse Ronan as Eilis Lacey, a young Wexford woman who lives with her mother and works part-time in a local shop. (39 words)
Chief among them is this quietly devastating 1973 melodrama in which he plays a former robber whose efforts to lead an honest life are encouraged by a social worker (Jean Gabin) and thwarted by a vengeful cop (Michel Bouquet). (39 words)
Raimi staged his superhero opus like something from the Golden Age of Hollywood; a soft-focus melodrama that also happens to have radioactive spiders and a bad man in a robotic green suit. (33 words)
Join the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players for The 67th Old-Fashioned Melodrama! (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
The one last week had more than usual melodrama because of the Congress president’s new style of mixing vituperative accusations with sudden hugs, but Indian politics does not need melodrama.
A charming melodrama based on Colm Tóibín’s bestselling novel, is set in the 1950s and stars Saoirse Ronan as Eilis Lacey, a young Wexford woman who lives with her mother and works part-time in a local shop.
In “Yellowstone,” Sheridan has corralled the ranging tropes of the Western into the chambers of domestic melodrama.
It's a bloody and intense mix of melodrama and horror, and overall works well, delivering memorable visuals and an interesting spin on a familiar story.
It's not just melodrama, and Kaneki's life only gets more chaotic after becoming a ghoul.
Join the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players for The 67th Old-Fashioned Melodrama!
Madison Higbee was tabling with their partner, displaying various “micro” canvas paintings of album covers such as “Melodrama” by Lorde, little crocheted animals and tiny cross-stitches.
Raimi staged his superhero opus like something from the Golden Age of Hollywood; a soft-focus melodrama that also happens to have radioactive spiders and a bad man in a robotic green suit.
Shots of Tommy stewing in his jail cell or studying his reflection in the mirror have an edge to them, but there’s also a sense of self-aware melodrama by this point.
The melodrama has been adapted by Christopher Bond, and the director will be Deborah Mouat.
The Who's Who of Houston Style and Flair celebrated Jackie Adam's Twenty Years of prosperous business as the founder and owner of Melodrama Boutique.
This comic promises enough melodrama to eclipse LOLtron's theatrics, and it hits the stores this Wednesday.
This has the makings of a love-triangle melodrama, but Song keeps the action to a low simmer, leaving Lee to communicate volumes through the unsaid.
Chief among them is this quietly devastating 1973 melodrama in which he plays a former robber whose efforts to lead an honest life are encouraged by a social worker (Jean Gabin) and thwarted by a vengeful cop (Michel Bouquet).
In some ways, this was a good thing, a welcome antidote to nearly 11 years of high-tension melodrama starring Andrew Cuomo.
I was going out for The O.C., which is a teenage melodrama.
Ozon, whose previous films include — spanning comedy to melodrama, in other words — has always been a clean, elegant film-maker.
Républicains have been engulfed straight out of a burlesque melodrama.
Rich in dark comedy and brimming with delightful twists, is a luscious melodrama that takes pleasure in satirizing the extravagant lifestyles of the wealthy and famous.
Rosamund Pike is especially superb at embodying melodrama and casual cruelty as she plays Felix’s mother.
Common combinations with melodrama
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the melodrama 10×
- of melodrama 8×
- melodrama and 8×
- and melodrama 7×
- melodrama that 5×
- melodrama of 5×
- melodrama by 4×
- melodrama in 4×
- melodrama has 3×
- to melodrama 3×