comedy drama

noun

: serious drama that has comic elements

Examples of comedy drama in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Set in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem, the comedy drama starring Nur Fibak, follows a young modern woman’s journey to self-discovery and liberation. Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024 For Greta Gerwig’s comedy drama Lady Bird (2017), Feldstein and the cast were nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. Julie Tremaine, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024 The Trophy Bride, a comedy drama about a poor family attempting to fake their way into high society, has been sold to 3388 Films for the U.S., Canada and all EU European territories, as well as to Infinity Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand. Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024 The film, which world premiered as the opening film of the Sarajevo Film Festival over the summer, is a comedy drama about a young woman who travels to a remote island to solve an issue of family inheritance. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for comedy drama 

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Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of comedy drama was in 1838

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“Comedy drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comedy%20drama. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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