Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodramatize
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The shows Maycee Steele would put on inspired her mom to enroll her in dance classes alongside her sibling.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Oct. 2025 -
Very few players that have ever put on a Jets uniform have meant more to the organization than Mangold, who played a pivotal role on several Jets teams that ended up reaching the conference championship over the course of his 11-year NFL career.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Leaders often overemphasize vision while neglecting those details.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Last year, Vancouver overemphasized size and physicality when building its second and third pairs, which led to a bottom four that was slow, lacked puck-moving skills, and was often hemmed in defensively.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While Gomez has played Mabel Mora on Hulu's whodunit since its premiere in 2021, Park played up-and-coming actress Kimber Min as a recurring character for just one season in 2023.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Rodgers came into the game making sure not to play up the first matchup of his career against the team that selected him in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tainy’s Prometheus — is portrayed by Feid, dressed in an oversized leather coat and lit in a manner that exaggerates his grills in an eerie way.—
Juan J. Arroyo,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the series, Gacy enjoyed talking about many of his accomplishments and exaggerating some of his stories.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some argue that the centrality of conflict and aggression in human evolutionary history is overstated and even misconstrued.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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Colin Murphy, co-director of UC Davis’ Energy Futures Research Program at the Institute of Transportation Studies, said that may be overstated.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Police did not elaborate on what led to the fatal incident.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The mayor did not elaborate on what those Islamic terror attacks had to do with Mamdani, who would be the city’s first Muslim mayor.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Melodramatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodramatize. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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