How to Use telenovela in a Sentence

telenovela

noun

• The singer says it’s an homage to the galán telenovela actors of the 1950s.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2022
• The song was a huge hit and was used as the theme song for a telenovela that shared the same name.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
• Power is our telenovela and people come back from the dead all the time.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
• Since the 1970s, Globo is by a large head the free-to-air TV leader in Brazil and one the world’s top telenovela producers.
  — Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 1 May 2022
• In their downtime some of the girls watch telenovelas, paint their nails, braid their hair.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2019
• And heaven knows the course of true telenovela love never did run smooth.
  — Robert Bianco, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
• But after the release of the former’s telenovela-inspired video spawned dozens of GIFs, Epic knew which one to push.
  — Tatiana Cirisano, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2019
• The show, just as popular in Israel as in the West Bank, is written and directed in the over-the-top telenovela style.
  — Kenneth Turan, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2019
• Omar Ayuso, who shares the same name as his character, is a pillar of the teen telenovela Elite.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2023
• In the telenovela-style thriller, a woman has an affair with a stranger in a nightclub and the fallout includes a dead body in a bathtub.
  — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
• If the outlines of the plot sound like pure melodrama, that's not far off; at least a few of the movie's more outrageous threads wouldn't feel out of place in a telenovela.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• One is a charming telenovela actor and the other is a hidden figure who has to work twice as hard to make her voice heard.
  — Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• This film starts as a documentary but slowly takes the form of a telenovela.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
• Joao Emanuel Carneiro will write the next Globoplay telenovela, Bretas said.
  — Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 1 May 2022
• Now, close to the three-year anniversary of the 49ers trade for Garoppolo, the behind-the-scenes machinations still seem worthy of a telenovela.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 19 Oct. 2020
• Serena stands in the background, watching them with a mixture of sadness and envy like the third wheel in a telenovela.
  — Sarah Bichsel, baltimoresun.com, 15 June 2017
• In fact, Nielsen reports more than 6 million telenovela viewers per week across the U.S.
  — Nicole Gull McElroy, Fortune, 4 July 2021
• The telenovela star and her husband share an 8-year-old daughter, Aitana.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
• The telenovela has had its unforeseen plot twists, its moments of madness and its bursts of brilliance.
  — Aleks Klosok, CNN, 11 Aug. 2020
• Fans of the popular pop-rock music group and Rebelde telenovela will love the instant collection of the beloved group.
  — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2023
• The telenovela works itself out in under a year, with a finite cast of characters.
  — New York Times, 4 July 2021
• The 2024 telenovela will tell the story of two soulmates trapped in the threshold between life and death over several centuries.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 May 2023
• In the living room, my grandmother watched a syrupy telenovela.
  — New York Times, 20 July 2021
• Like other Latina actresses, Salma Hayek first stepped in front of the cameras for a telenovela.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
• Then the video pulls back to reveal Cabello watching the telenovela drama unfold on a retro TV set.
  — Johnny Diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• After the Hallie telenovela-worthy bombshell, Buhle says that Hunter can no longer hurt her, that the worst is behind her.
  — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
• Thomas and Lee have turned that kind of sickening hatred into a telenovela, spiked with easy targets and derisive laughter—by the many for the many.
  — Steven Strogatz, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2018
• The jokes are fast-paced and tinged with absurdity; at its best, Los Espookys can feel like a half-hour telenovela assembled in the 30 Rock writers’ room.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 July 2019
• Sofía Gascón, a trans Spanish actor known largely for parts in telenovelas, works wonders with the toughest of roles.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 May 2024
• Under the terms of the agreement, Big Media will distribute over 7,000 hours of telenovelas to streaming platforms around the world.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024