high drama

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Noun

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high drama

  1. An event or atmosphere of strong emotion, typically of anxiety or excitement.
    • 2017 October 10, Jennifer Senior, “In John Green's 'Turtles All the Way Down,' a Teenager's Mind Is at War With Itself”, in The New York Times[1]:
      As always, one of the girls is a tornado of enthusiasm and high drama, prone to announcements like, "I have a crisis," when really it's a fun crisis she's having.
    • 2023 July 15, Brooks Barnes, “In Hollywood, the Strikes Are Just Part of the Problem”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      “Straight out of ‘Les Miz’” was how one longtime executive described the high-drama, us-against-them mood in a text to a reporter.

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