How to Use dramatic in a Sentence

dramatic

adjective
  • The book tells the dramatic story of her battle with cancer.
  • There was a dramatic increase in prices.
  • The painter used dramatic colors.
  • She made a dramatic entrance wearing a bright red dress.
  • There was a dramatic pause before his big announcement.
  • They are members of the local dramatic society.
  • His parents noticed a dramatic change in his behavior.
  • The attack marks a dramatic change in Dana for the episodes to come, LaNasa says.
    Ashley Boucher, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The rooms are grand, high-ceilinged, spacious, and the best have dramatic lake views.
    Everett Potter, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • There has been a dramatic rise in the cost of groceries over the past few years.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • In the arc of the eight episodes, a dramatic event happens that affects the country.
    Ilaria Ravarino, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
  • When there are clouds blocking the sun and the moon, the eclipse effects are much less dramatic.
    Anna Gordon, TIME, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Make sure the berries are long enough to drape loosely over the sides to achieve a more dramatic effect.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Williams’ mother and two aunts were present at the dramatic scene.
    Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024
  • Her hair was topped with a crown fit for a raven queen and her eyes were done up in a dramatic bird-like look.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Heffron had no second thoughts about such a dramatic change, though the same can't be said for the groom.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The movement in the polling this fall was never dramatic.
    Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
  • For a more dramatic look, use a white base to make the colors look vibrant.
    Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 14 Dec. 2022
  • But the drop to that next plateau at receiver isn’t as dramatic as it’s been in past years.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The current era is a dramatic shift—almost like a changing of the guard.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Gaga added a pair of black stud earrings, plus a single bracelet and a ring to round off her dramatic glam for the evening.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The site was no more than a few dozen feet from a dramatic drop to the rolling desert below, which leads through desert scrub to the foothills of Mount Cristo Rey.
    Reyes Mata Iii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The most dramatic steakhouse performance is the act of sending back the steak.
    Rita Bullwinkel, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The singer also wore a slick back bun and paired a dramatic gray-brown smokey eye with a matte nude lip.
    Chiara Kim, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Few things, at least on a local scale, are more dramatic.
    Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • There have been two dramatic examples of this in just the past few weeks—one that went in favor of the Knicks, one that went against them.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The 35th Sunny Side took place at a dramatic moment for France and for Europe as a whole.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 27 June 2024
  • The search for the next dramatic alley crew is underway.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 16 June 2023
  • For the life-forms uncovered in Bellingshausen Sea, the dramatic loss of their former iceberg ceiling may rock their ecosystem.
    Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Boeser loaded up and blasted a rocket slap shot to tie it up in dramatic fashion with 2.7 seconds remaining.
    Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025

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