How to Use soap opera in a Sentence

soap opera

noun
  • She loves to watch daytime soap operas.
  • Isn’t the show just a soap opera?
    — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But, this soap opera needs to end.
    — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
  • Okay, so that’s how this soap opera ends.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Go now and read the soap opera's opening chapters.
    — Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • Here was a woman whose life read like something out of a soap opera.
    — Hazlitt, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Compare that to some of the rest of the soap opera this movie has in store and — well.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2021
  • Tiger’s life has become a soap opera kept alive by his golfing fame.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Like many disaster movies, this is a turgid soap opera that’s blown apart by chaos.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Except this isn’t a prime-time soap opera trying to write its way out of a jam.
    — Nolan Hicks, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • As a soap opera, the Oilers’ spring is action-packed.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • The Cowboys are a soap opera 365 days a year.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025
  • What’s the difference between a good soap opera and a bad soap opera?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Like most soap operas, long hours and intense pacing are part of the job.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 Mar. 2026
  • There have been many episodes of this unfortunate soap opera over the years.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2024
  • And the sweetness of the lyrics doesn’t even interrupt the soap opera.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
  • The modern-day soap opera deals with loss, love and strappy sandals.
    — Tara Paniogue, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
  • The line between a good soap opera and a bad soap opera can sometimes be razor-thin.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Those who enjoy their politics cut with a dash of soap opera will just have to wait.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • In the open shaft, the love and resentment in our lives felt like a soap opera staged in public.
    — Gigi Leung, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
  • In recent years, LaRue has returned to her soap opera roots.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The pair had met on the set of the soap opera Passions in 2003.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Just what the Steelers need, more off-field drama in this soap opera of a season.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The pair had been living part-time during Geary’s later years on the soap opera.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • What if the non-source music swells and bursts like the melodramatic score of a soap opera at times?
    — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
  • Where do soap operas belong today?
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
  • In the wake of his death, Miller’s former soap opera co-stars paid tribute to the actor.
    — Ariana Brockington, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • No soap opera revelations for you tonight, William!
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
  • So tell me, is this stuff a big deal or is this a lot of soap opera stuff getting in the way of a guy doing a tough job?
    — Fox News, 5 Apr. 2018
  • She was also later linked to soap opera star Greg Vaughan.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026

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