variants
or dramaturgical
as in emotional
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Adjective
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Seitz said the men had assaulted him, and that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and deputies had violated his civil rights, inflicted emotional stress, defamed him and conspired to keep the matter quiet.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026 -
With Spoelstra appreciative of the emotional drain of the experience, as well as the eventual exhilaration.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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For most of the show, Bad Bunny had been mugging merrily to the camera, flaring his eyes and making hammy gestures to illustrate his words.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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But sometimes this hammy hilarity can feel like a substitute for thoughtful plotting and considerate character development.—
Niela Orr,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Agnus Dei begins in glum realization that there may be no compensation for humanity’s great sins when, again astonishingly without expectation, one of Beethoven’s uniquely wondrous melodies takes over.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Her brain is just so weird and magnificent and wondrous.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Ellison’s team hasn’t always been as enamored with the theatrical experience.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
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Qualifying week is Georgia politics at its most theatrical — and most consequential.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That’s why their new album, wonderful, leaves me a little cold.—
Mano Sundaresan,
Pitchfork,
3 Mar. 2026
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Varley’s elevation this season is a wonderful turn for Ashbourne, an icon of British film, TV, and theater who has long been one of Bridgerton’s most consistently comedic presences.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Among the most exciting new releases this month are candid celebrity memoirs from a sitcom star and a 1980s East Village impresario; novels that explore outsider perspectives; and a father-son true story that speaks to a powerful if often cryptic bond.—
Hamilton Cain,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
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There was an overwhelming amount of good eats, door openings and exciting restaurants on the radar.—
Ella Gonzales
March 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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La Tour was born in Lorraine, a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1593, twenty-one years after Caravaggio, whose sensational combination of naturalism and theater, light and dark, formed him as a painter.—
Nicole Krauss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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And some of these songs are not just smart—they’re sensational.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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By now, the unlikely should not be surprising for the Stars.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
28 Feb. 2026
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The more surprising turns came a few days ago.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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