How to Use drama in a Sentence

drama

noun
  • His interest in drama began at a very young age.
  • She watched the drama unfold as they began screaming at each other.
  • She studied drama in college.
  • I prefer drama to comedy.
  • He is reading an ancient Greek drama.
  • The new campaign gets off to a bizarre start thanks to the relative lack of drama at the top of the grid.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The talented dog has been praised as the star of the French courtroom drama.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The only drama appears to be which starters will play, and for how long, when the game inevitably gets out of reach.
    Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
  • As on much of the album, Grande is self-aware enough to figure out her own role in the drama and adds a valuable touch to the song.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In 1998, Gambon was knighted by the Queen for his services to drama.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
  • What saves this part of the campaign is the little dramas between the characters.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • What colors make brown that will add a cozy and soft feel to a space or add moodiness and drama?
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Okay, that was predictably polite and short on drama (God bless boomers).
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Whatever the outcome, there should be plenty of drama along the way.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The gaudy purple of the hedgehogs; the yellow, orange and peach of the prickly pears; and finally the ivory cream of the saguaros add their own touch of drama.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024
  • There are also fun, campy teen dramas, like Fear Street and Do Revenge.
    Lydia Wang, Women's Health, 5 June 2023
  • But since the hand gesture drama, both players claim there's no beef between them.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Treat Williams, the prolific actor of stage and screen who led the WB drama Everwood, has died.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 June 2023
  • The writers’ attention to detail sets the stage for the drama that mesmerizes us.
    Eric Schultz, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The spoof calls back to how a young Queen Elizabeth was portrayed in the hit Netflix royal drama, which the new mom of two says shaped her take.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
  • This East finals series lays out as a rugged drama that seems destined for the full seven games.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Full of drama and glamour, this book is practically calling out for the right Leo to pick it up.
    USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
  • The streamer has ordered a third season of the sci-fi drama from creators Simon Kinberg and David Weil.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Reelz tends to be an excellent option for those who can’t get enough of the cut-throat police drama and action.
    oregonlive, 16 June 2023
  • And that hasn't changed for the drama's fifth season, which couldn't net a single nomination.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • In fact, the significance of Friday may have proved difficult to detect from the lack of drama in the sunset.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The primaries are over, and Cincinnati-area voters can now look ahead to November's drama.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Her inner life goes more or less ignored by the other characters, who are caught up in their own dramas.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Coming back to the drama a little bit—I’m curious about, well, the petty crime, Colin.
    Hazlitt, 20 Mar. 2024
  • But the good news is that the beloved family cop drama's final season will be split into two parts, with the first half airing this winter, and the second half in the fall.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2023

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