The scene wasn't convincing in dramatic terms, but his response was a model of getting past distress and smoothly moving on.

But it is not confrontation itself which creates the tension in dramatic terms.

Personality theft is never easy to justify in dramatic terms.

It is hard to see the actual river in dramatic terms.

In dramatic terms, a character gets away with murder.

In dramatic terms, big little Nicky never grows any larger.

Safety professionals make a similar point, in less dramatic terms.

In purely dramatic terms, the results are also mixed.

In dramatic terms, the final crisis of the play is botched.

Combat is a very dramatic term for what goes on here.