genre
Example Sentences
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"This is an outstanding opening for a romance film. The weekend figure is four times the average for the genre," said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
From Barron's
In a genre that often codes food as indulgence, this is maintenance.
From Salon
The novel and others in the genre caught fire in 2022, fueled by the success of “Icebreaker” by British author Hannah Grace.
It is especially popular for genres like romance, young adult fiction and "romantasy," often turning older books into sudden bestsellers.
From BBC
The instrument also paved the way to an aesthetics of electricity—feedback, distortion, fuzz, sheer volume—that led to such genres as heavy metal, punk, grunge and shoegaze.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
