operatic
adjective
op·er·at·ic
ˌä-pə-ˈra-tik 
1
: of or relating to opera
2
: grand, dramatic, or romantic in style or effect
Examples of operatic in a Sentence
the fall of the scandal-ridden government seemed operatic in its scope and consequences
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The chorus is essentially one word (peaches) repeated incessantly with operatic bombast.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The Call Her Daddy host performed the classic track during the seventh-inning stretch of the game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Sunday night, offering an operatic take alongside two backup performers that elicited boos from the packed stadium.
—EW.com, 7 July 2025
Lauren Paley, another fulltime Nashville TikTok creator, has amassed nearly 11 million followers on the platform and posts a mixture of lifestyle content, with a focus on her operatic singing and idyllic family videos.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The list of 21st-century chart sensations who grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is compact but very pertinent to Boone’s ambitions: The retro-fabulist zest of the Killers’ Brandon Flowers, the operatic loquaciousness of Panic!
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 20 June 2025
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The Call Her Daddy host performed the classic track during the seventh-inning stretch of the game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Sunday night, offering an operatic take alongside two backup performers that elicited boos from the packed stadium.
—EW.com, 7 July 2025
Lauren Paley, another fulltime Nashville TikTok creator, has amassed nearly 11 million followers on the platform and posts a mixture of lifestyle content, with a focus on her operatic singing and idyllic family videos.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The list of 21st-century chart sensations who grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is compact but very pertinent to Boone’s ambitions: The retro-fabulist zest of the Killers’ Brandon Flowers, the operatic loquaciousness of Panic!
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 20 June 2025
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“Operatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operatic. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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