horse opera

noun

Examples of horse opera in a Sentence

the star of many horse operas
Recent Examples on the Web That is what has always motivated me, even in the midst of big horse operas and historical epics. Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024 At the end of the month, Devolver will release Weird West, an inky horse opera set in an American frontier beset by ghouls, cultists, and a variety of other prairie nightmares. Luke Winkie, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2022 But the Opera Theater of Connecticut has staged a real horse opera. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Sep. 2022 The ongoing horse opera now has a new leading man: Tim Yakteen. New York Times, 7 May 2022 But also, because of the actor’s reliability, a figure that still felt rooted in the history of the horse opera. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021 Amid the horseplay in this deranged horse opera, there’s also a poignant moment — part tribute, part torch-passing — in Act 2, when a large photo appears onstage of Larry Coen. Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018 The problem is that his and screenwriter Greg Tucker's love of horse operas both boilerplate and ruminative a la Peckinpah doesn't mesh well enough into a smooth ride. Robert Abele, latimes.com, 22 Mar. 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of horse opera was in 1923

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“Horse opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horse%20opera. Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.

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