tab·loid
ˈta-ˌblȯid 
1
: of, relating to, or resembling tabloids
especially
: featuring stories of violence, crime, or scandal presented in a sensational manner
tabloid television
2
: compressed or condensed into small scope
tabloid criticism
Examples of tabloid in a Sentence
Noun
She is used to seeing her name in the tabloids.
Recent Examples on the Web
Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The video release on Friday will be seen as an attempt by the Royals to take back control of coverage of Middleton’s health recovery from U.K. tabloid newspapers, U.S. publications and social media platforms.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
The Daily Mirror tabloid reported that the hospital had launched a probe into the allegations that the princess’s confidentiality had been breached.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
It's even been speculated that someone in The Firm let the tabloids smear Meghan in exchange for not running the cheating allegations.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2024
So, too, have Britain’s scandal-mongering tabloids, likely out of concern over U.K.’s more punitive libel laws.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
The tabloid did not respond to requests for comment.
—USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
A little more than a year later, the Daily Mirror, a left-wing tabloid, broke the news that Johnson and his staff had organized parties while the rest of the country was under lockdown—beginning with the party for Cain’s departure, the previous November.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The tabloids are for the moment chastened into delivering bended-knee good wishes in large type.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
The wilder look led to tabloid headlines but went down just fine with his wife of 23 years, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Tom’s lowlife New York has the grit of tabloid crime-scene photos.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
If there’s an upside to tabloid headlines and heartache, Madix seems to have found it.
—Marianne Garvey, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
Kim Kardashian’s rise to fame started with a sensational celebrity private video tape (Ref) and emerged into a global franchise of simple, attention-grabbing tabloid media fed to the masses in spoonfed bites.
—Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
However, episode nine saw a detailed conversation between Umansky and Richards about their separation in the kitchen, followed by the family dinner scene where Richards personally apologized for the tabloid attention and for keeping their marital issues from the children.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
After Jones filed the suit, many tabloid news outlets used headlines that suggested the prince was connected to the scandal, and online search interest for queries linking the two stars has surged more than 5,000% in the last week.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Like millions of Americans (including Ms. Bündchen’s own children), the people next door have perhaps encountered tabloid stories about Ms. Bündchen’s post-divorce life.
—Mattie Kahn, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Noun
The documents rattled off a number of seedy stories that would have been right at home in a venerable supermarket tabloid, had they actually been published.
—Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The video release on Friday will be seen as an attempt by the Royals to take back control of coverage of Middleton’s health recovery from U.K. tabloid newspapers, U.S. publications and social media platforms.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
The Daily Mirror tabloid reported that the hospital had launched a probe into the allegations that the princess’s confidentiality had been breached.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
It's even been speculated that someone in The Firm let the tabloids smear Meghan in exchange for not running the cheating allegations.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2024
So, too, have Britain’s scandal-mongering tabloids, likely out of concern over U.K.’s more punitive libel laws.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
The tabloid did not respond to requests for comment.
—USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
A little more than a year later, the Daily Mirror, a left-wing tabloid, broke the news that Johnson and his staff had organized parties while the rest of the country was under lockdown—beginning with the party for Cain’s departure, the previous November.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The tabloids are for the moment chastened into delivering bended-knee good wishes in large type.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Adjective
The encounter was written up by a tabloid newspaper — Bass says the man who chatted him up was in fact a journalist — and the Mississippi native says speculation about his sexuality went into overdrive.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
The wilder look led to tabloid headlines but went down just fine with his wife of 23 years, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Tom’s lowlife New York has the grit of tabloid crime-scene photos.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
If there’s an upside to tabloid headlines and heartache, Madix seems to have found it.
—Marianne Garvey, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
Kim Kardashian’s rise to fame started with a sensational celebrity private video tape (Ref) and emerged into a global franchise of simple, attention-grabbing tabloid media fed to the masses in spoonfed bites.
—Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
However, episode nine saw a detailed conversation between Umansky and Richards about their separation in the kitchen, followed by the family dinner scene where Richards personally apologized for the tabloid attention and for keeping their marital issues from the children.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
After Jones filed the suit, many tabloid news outlets used headlines that suggested the prince was connected to the scandal, and online search interest for queries linking the two stars has surged more than 5,000% in the last week.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Like millions of Americans (including Ms. Bündchen’s own children), the people next door have perhaps encountered tabloid stories about Ms. Bündchen’s post-divorce life.
—Mattie Kahn, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
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“Tabloid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tabloid. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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