Examples of paperback in a Sentence
The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.
The book is sold only in paperback.
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There’s a stack of paperback books with a Western novel on top.
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Publishing in paperback in April, the book is a psychological thriller following Sadie, an artist who moves to Los Angeles and becomes drawn into an exclusive, cult-like wellness movement known as Deep Flow.
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Children’s books and mass-market paperbacks will be 25 cents or five for $1; adult hardcover and trade paperback books, comics and DVDs are 50 cents and CDs and LPs are 25 cents.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
There’s a stack of paperback books with a Western novel on top.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
Publishing in paperback in April, the book is a psychological thriller following Sadie, an artist who moves to Los Angeles and becomes drawn into an exclusive, cult-like wellness movement known as Deep Flow.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
Children’s books and mass-market paperbacks will be 25 cents or five for $1; adult hardcover and trade paperback books, comics and DVDs are 50 cents and CDs and LPs are 25 cents.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Paperback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paperback. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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paperback
noun
pa·per·back
ˈpä-pər-ˌbak 
: a book with a flexible paper binding
paperback
adjective
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