Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodramatize
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In France in the late nineteenth century, a Jewish Army captain, Alfred Dreyfus, was put on trial on false charges of treason.—
Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026 -
In May 2025, he was put on the transplant list.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026
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If women ski as long as the men do and don’t do it as quickly, that ratio gets out of whack and overemphasizes skiing for the women and not for the men.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The report overemphasized the effect of ChatGPT.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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The film’s press campaign has, quite reasonably, played up the magnificence of Skarsgård’s body in leather and winked at the transgressiveness on display.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
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Repossi finessed the rose gold used in its latest spiraling Blast high jewelry pieces, playing up its yellow gleam under a gradient of orange gemstones.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
20 Feb. 2026
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Others say those concerns are being exaggerated so those residents can get their way.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Historically, some doctors have dismissed these differences as women exaggerating their pain or being unable to tolerate the same discomfort as men.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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Landay also says the role AI is playing in software development is overstated in the essay.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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There have been reports linking the Braves to free-agent starter Lucas Giolito, but any connection between the parties has been overstated, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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In a posthumous interview published the day after his death, Dane elaborated on the duo's love.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Clippers’ head coach didn’t feel the need to elaborate on his team’s commitment to keep playing hard, to overcome the Lakers’ 17 3-pointers, a 16-point second-half deficit and 38 points from superstar Luka Doncic on Friday night.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Melodramatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodramatize. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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