genre
Example Sentences
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True punk, as in the music genre, teaches us about camaraderie and self-expression that challenges the status quo.
From Salon
A new book club starts in January at The Hive in Worcester, with the genre changing each session.
From BBC
One of Hollywood's best known filmmakers, responsible for a string of much-loved films across a range of genres.
From BBC
Alternatively, party-goers can select one of three different genres of music to dance to at the Street Party Mega Silent Disco.
From BBC
Biopics are “an exasperating genre,” Variety wrote, smushing some of “the planet’s most unorthodox personalities into a reductive, overly moralistic mold.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.