Examples of paperback in a Sentence
The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.
The book is sold only in paperback.
Recent Examples on the Web
Older readers will remember when mass-market paperbacks had ads in their middles.
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Dwight Garner, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Three years ago, Swedish academic Andreas Malm published an incendiary paperback that insisted that strategic nonviolence is unlikely to do much to save the planet.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Readers also recommended Prospero’s Books in Volker for inexpensive paperbacks, records and more.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
Other than the paperbacks, there’s not much else to it.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
When folded up, the dimensions are similar to a paperback book, making this easy to keep on hand in your coat pocket or regular backpack sleeve.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
In the quest for the next culture-dominating Game of Thrones-esque series, consider Netflix’s big bet: 3 Body Problem, an adaptation of Chinese novelist Liu Cixin’s 2008 science fiction novel (the tote-around paperback for the haute-nerd set).
—Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
The book will be available to Lego Insiders from April 1st as a physical paperback or a free digital download and will also be available on D&D Beyond alongside character sheets and digital dice.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2024
Now the cards made a block about the size of a thick paperback book.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2024
Dwight Garner, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Three years ago, Swedish academic Andreas Malm published an incendiary paperback that insisted that strategic nonviolence is unlikely to do much to save the planet.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Readers also recommended Prospero’s Books in Volker for inexpensive paperbacks, records and more.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
Other than the paperbacks, there’s not much else to it.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
When folded up, the dimensions are similar to a paperback book, making this easy to keep on hand in your coat pocket or regular backpack sleeve.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
In the quest for the next culture-dominating Game of Thrones-esque series, consider Netflix’s big bet: 3 Body Problem, an adaptation of Chinese novelist Liu Cixin’s 2008 science fiction novel (the tote-around paperback for the haute-nerd set).
—Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
The book will be available to Lego Insiders from April 1st as a physical paperback or a free digital download and will also be available on D&D Beyond alongside character sheets and digital dice.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2024
Now the cards made a block about the size of a thick paperback book.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Paperback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paperback. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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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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