How to Use dramatics in a Sentence

dramatics

noun
  • Maybe the Chiefs will be hung over from all of last Sunday's dramatics.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The Celtics swept the Bucks and went on to win the title, but just getting there required some dramatics.
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2020
  • The dramatics have already started in the 126-pound weight class.
    cleveland, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The Hawks increased the lead to 7-3 in the sixth inning before the Huskies (9-0) scored four runs in the sixth to tie the game and set up the seventh-inning dramatics.
    Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • But the dramatics of the weeks, moving from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs, made the season fulfilling.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2022
  • Gibson scored his second touchdown on a 5-yard run with 6:15 to play to set the stage for the late-game dramatics.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The Phillies didn't need any late-game dramatics in their most recent game, a 7-0 win over New York on Sunday.
    Noah Trister, Star Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • For the better part of two weeks, the Diamondbacks have made a habit of late-game dramatics.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2021
  • There was a time when Super Bowl dramatics were few and far between.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Gibson scored on a 5-yard run with 6:15 to play before the two teams traded late-game dramatics.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Such is the dramatics of winning an historic gold medal — and the first medal for a Dallas-area athlete at these Tokyo Games.
    Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 26 July 2021
  • One of the draws of going to Oxford was its dramatics society.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2022
  • With all the dramatics of the last few weeks, Utah’s gymnastics needed a mundane meet Friday — a nice easy win to close out the hectic week.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022
  • His dramatics helped U of L score, greatly bailing out the offense.
    Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2021
  • The late dramatics capped what was a spectacular back-and-forth game that, until the eighth inning, was going more or less to plan for the Ducks.
    James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 June 2021
  • Thorns striker Morgan Weaver has a flair for late dramatics.
    Portland Timbers and Thorns Fc, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2021
  • What of the plumbers and heating specialists who did not find a way out through amateur dramatics?
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The Brewers had scored two runs in the eighth to tie it on Hiura's opposite-field double, but Chicago had taken the lead in the 10th before the dramatics.
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2021
  • For most of the night, Game 5 had a decidedly different feel from all the dramatics of Tampa Bay’s 5-4 overtime win the night before.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Ellington's eighth 3-pointer then set up the closing minute-dramatics.
    Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • In earlier tellings of this story, the mother of the bride was little more than a calm counterweight to her husband’s dramatics.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2022
  • The theatre was lovely and restored, so there were lots of amateur dramatics.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Swift has always had a flair for the dramatics and feeling everything, perhaps on Red more than any other album.
    Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Deacon hoped this time his talented yet callow squad would be able to play to its potential and avoid too many final-round dramatics.
    Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 29 May 2021
  • Diaz and fellow high-leverage right-hander Carlos Estevez must do better to limit the dramatics on the back end.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The third quarter couldn’t finish without more dramatics.
    cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Of course, to defy the ordinary, makeup is a vital part of the equation, and who better than fellow wunderkind Sam Visser to fulfill the above-neck dramatics.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2020
  • And there aren't expected to be any extra dramatics before kickoff or after the final buzzer sounds.
    Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2021
  • In every major sports town, stars come and go over money, roles, assorted dramatics.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Jan. 2021
  • The late-inning dramatics were the opposite of the pitcher's duel between Luis Cessa and Adrian Sampson.
    The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2022

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