Examples of horse opera in a Sentence
the star of many horse operas
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That is what has always motivated me, even in the midst of big horse operas and historical epics.
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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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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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“Horse opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horse%20opera. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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