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 had also been a tube of lip balm, a stick of mints, and a dog-eared paperback novel by Gabriel Matzneff.
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Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The bar is stocked with wine and coffee, the walls are lined with books and the air is filled with the aroma of fresh paperbacks.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
The human library allows students to peruse a list of titles instead of paperback books, each title representing a person acting as a book, ready to share their story in person.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Weekly serials are compiled in paperback collections, called tankobon, that are sold in bookstores.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The bar is stocked with wine and coffee, the walls are lined with books and the air is filled with the aroma of fresh paperbacks.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
The human library allows students to peruse a list of titles instead of paperback books, each title representing a person acting as a book, ready to share their story in person.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Weekly serials are compiled in paperback collections, called tankobon, that are sold in bookstores.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paperback
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“Paperback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paperback. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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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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