emotionalistic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionalistic
Adjective
  • Faces and words may fade, but their emotional residue frequently lingers.
    Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
  • The show's second season saw some of Ford's most emotional work, as the therapist is forced to face his mortality due to his worsening condition.
    Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • Long Live The Black Parade, MCR’s first stadium tour, was a theatrical affair.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2025
  • Focker In-Law is primed to make theatrical audiences squirm on Nov. 25, 2026.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 July 2025
Adjective
  • Dangerfield sank his teeth into the role, which was initially much smaller but expanded due to his sensational improv skills.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 25 July 2025
  • In the wake of the lawsuit, some publishers were more cautious about publishing sensational content; many platforms also implemented stricter consent and takedown practices.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 24 July 2025
Adjective
  • The past five years have been among the most dramatic: SXSW closed down during the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic and did not reopen in person — on a much smaller scale — until 2022.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
  • That story was at the center of dramatic portrayals in an HBO Max docuseries, which accused Remnant of being a cult, and a Lifetime movie.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • Early in 2008, when Clinton briefly welled up in a coffee shop after a bruising loss in the Iowa caucus, the moment was interpreted as being a melodramatic scandal fit for TMZ and a cynical ploy for attention that eventually won her New Hampshire.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The war stories in particular, despite being well-acted, are an unnecessary melodramatic distraction.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • But the mere threat of a lawsuit opened a new chapter in the operatic relationship between Trump and Murdoch, the 93-year-old patriarch who controls the Journal, Fox News and other conservative media brands.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
  • The lead performances from Shibasaki and Ayano are riveting and powerfully operatic.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 June 2025
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“Emotionalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emotionalistic. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.

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