plural rom-coms
: romantic comedy
That's where the rom-com comes in, that wayward genre of sweet serendipity and forgivably thin plots set to rising music …—
Vogue
VogueOne of the film's pleasures is its movie within a movie, the rom-com "I Love You, I Love New York."—Tad Friend
—often used before another nounTad Frienda silly rom-com plot
Does anybody cry funnier than Segel does in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the wonderful rom-com farce he not only starred in but wrote?—Jim Windolf
Jim WindolfExamples of rom-com in a Sentence
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In 2023, Kim and North joined forces for another mother-daughter costume, this time dressing as characters from the rom-com Clueless.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
The trailer tees up his infatuation rom-com style before spinning into explosive action.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Select episodes of award-winning dark fantasy Solo Leveling, fantasy action-adventure Black Clover, rom-com Horimiya, supernatural dramedy Fruits Basket, and the heartwarming My Roommate Is a Cat will be available on more than 165,000 seatback Delta flight screens starting next month.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
The appeal of Nobody Wants This hinged primarily on the chemistry between Bell and Brody, which isn’t uncommon for a rom-com.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
The trailer tees up his infatuation rom-com style before spinning into explosive action.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Select episodes of award-winning dark fantasy Solo Leveling, fantasy action-adventure Black Clover, rom-com Horimiya, supernatural dramedy Fruits Basket, and the heartwarming My Roommate Is a Cat will be available on more than 165,000 seatback Delta flight screens starting next month.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
The appeal of Nobody Wants This hinged primarily on the chemistry between Bell and Brody, which isn’t uncommon for a rom-com.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rom-com
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“Rom-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rom-com. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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