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Recent Examples of psychodrama
The Tories, as they are known, had descended into a political psychodrama that had delivered four leaders in as many years.
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Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
But on a night on which psychodrama only ever felt one mistake away, the mood just about held throughout.
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Jack Lang,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
The other is a patchy, unpersuasive psychodrama about the underlying motivations and years-later ramifications of an unspeakable act—or, in this case, an unrealized plan to commit an unspeakable act.
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Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
In exerting this apparent influence, Rubio has somehow avoided becoming either a media fixation or a major player in the right’s unfolding psychodrama.
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Ross Douthat,
Mercury News,
26 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for psychodrama
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
But on a night on which psychodrama only ever felt one mistake away, the mood just about held throughout.
—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
The other is a patchy, unpersuasive psychodrama about the underlying motivations and years-later ramifications of an unspeakable act—or, in this case, an unrealized plan to commit an unspeakable act.
—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
In exerting this apparent influence, Rubio has somehow avoided becoming either a media fixation or a major player in the right’s unfolding psychodrama.
—
Ross Douthat,
Mercury News,
26 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for psychodrama
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychodrama
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With a deep baritone and a flair for hyperbolic sentimentality, Clayton-Thomas’ melodrama fueled a string of hits for Blood, Sweat, and Tears in the late Sixties and early Seventies.
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Griffith’s own work looks stiff and sentimental, weighed down with melodrama and grandiosity that may have seemed dated even in 1915.
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As opposed to tragedy’s narrative arc of historical fate, tragicomedy unfolds in an infinite present.
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Set in Shanghai, the film is a tragicomedy about a mother and daughter grieving their loss while trying to act normal.
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The two first crossed paths on André's Adult Swim late-night talk show comedy series The Eric André Show in 2020.
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In the latest installment of the comedy franchise, written by Chris Hazzard and Mike Fontana, Nick faces his biggest challenge yet… grandkids.
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Of course, bringing an original musical to New York is no small feat.
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The Rocky Horror Show began life as a theatrical musical on London’s West End in 1973.
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First a human scores a model’s outputs — say, how likely a character in a drama would be to react to news of a tragedy with a host of jokes or expressions of sympathy — going back with one score after another to various responses.
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The parents of the teen killed in the horse carriage crash in Central Park are remembering their son as rides resume a week after the tragedy.
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New Zealand actor and comedian Jemaine Clement is having a moment thanks to recent reunion gigs for Flight of the Conchords, his musical comedy act with Bret McKenzie, and co-starring role in buzzy Disney+ relationship drama Alice & Steve.
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Frankie stars in the musical comedy, a parody of the 1997 blockbuster Titanic set to a score of songs by Céline Dion.
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In her performance of Francis Poulenc’s operatic monodrama La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice), Hannigan turned that problem — and many more — into an advantage with a couple of technological aids.
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At the end of mountain stages, a delicious monodrama always unfolds.
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Deadline’s Natalie Sitek, who has a PhD in Grande, tells me that the interlude pieces are a continuation of the Brighter Days Ahead short film, which won a 2025 VMA Video Award of the Year.
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With multiple songs and ambient interludes, Failure remained connected to their history while showing real growth as artists in the intervening years.
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“Psychodrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychodrama. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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