pulpy

Example Sentences

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It doesn’t look particularly good, but for a pulpy, propulsive action series, it may have potential.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Written by Matthew Parkhill, with Guy Ritchie — who directed Robert Downey Jr. in two steroidal Holmes films — helming some episodes, it’s pulpy and nutty and preposterous, mostly in a good way.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Snake is a wonderfully pulpy, instantly iconic creation, an outcast adventurer reeking of sweat and post-Vietnam cynicism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

But this is proper Serena van der Woodsen stuff, the kind of pulpy insanity that Lively cut her teeth on.

From Salon • May 3, 2025

His eyes were dull, with the pupils shrunken, and the skin of his neck hung in yellow, pulpy folds.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers