Examples of dime novel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The brothel girls sent Dorothy on errands and paid her with their dime novels. — cleveland, 23 Feb. 2020 Though many prominent opinion-havers rage about the imminent death of the English language at the hands of emoji-wielding teenagers, the Internet has done no more harm to English than television, radio, or dime novels. — Mara Katz, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2019 But the frontier was closed, and its memory was already being turned into myth in dime novels, westerns, and Wild West shows. — David Treuer, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019 Westerns have been selling variations on this sort of story since the silent days (and in dime novels before that). — Michael Phillips, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2018

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dime novel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Learn More About dime novel