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pulpy

[puhl-pee] / ˈpʌl pi /


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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

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

Perhaps I’m underestimating “Disclaimer,” Alfonso Cuarón’s pulpy psychological thriller.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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

It was just the tiniest edge of the leaf that had shriveled and curled under, but it was enough to see that the stem underneath was soft and pulpy.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

If the tone in this 1950s-set romantic drama is more genteel than in the Hitchcockian, far pulpier “Eileen,” they have many similarities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

Lin would also wholeheartedly embrace the pulpier aspects of Indiana Jones and could be counted on to deliver something fun and fast-paced.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020

He likes to experiment with writing styles and readers may have to pause and think more than they do with pulpier fare.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2016

But on screen, the Twilight movies pulsed with a weird, pulpy energy that only got weirder and pulpier as the series went along.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2013

I can see what they have done to Billy already; he's getting pulpier every day, and I don't believe his brain would ever work if I didn't keep stirring it up.

From The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

This textured NYC thriller has the pulpiest of set-ups: a young Chinese girl is lost and alone on the streets, pursued by the Triads and crooked cops.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2019

But “Battlefield Earth” is also an incredibly exciting book, pulp of the pulpiest order.

From Salon ● May 24, 2012




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