Examples of screenwriter in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The screenwriters, Gabriel Dalla Torre and Lucia Bracelis, along with producers Cecilia Agüero and Gisela Levin, aim to create a narrative that blends dark humor and tension.
—
Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and I’m Still Here Oscar winner Walter Salles were attached to direct at various points, while scribes involved including Jeff King and Ransom screenwriter Richard Price.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
Clarke, screenwriter on the blockbuster film 2001: A Space Odyssey, has been given a new incarnation as ArthurGPT, an uncanny double who can sketch out captivating space scenarios and predict a spectrum of futures for explorers who lead the Earth’s evolution into a spacefaring civilization.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
At the time, reports stated that screenwriters Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), Lindsey Beer (Pet Sematary: Bloodlines), and Drew Pearce (Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation) were in the running to pen the script, with Smith as the apparent frontrunner.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for screenwriter
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and I’m Still Here Oscar winner Walter Salles were attached to direct at various points, while scribes involved including Jeff King and Ransom screenwriter Richard Price.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
Clarke, screenwriter on the blockbuster film 2001: A Space Odyssey, has been given a new incarnation as ArthurGPT, an uncanny double who can sketch out captivating space scenarios and predict a spectrum of futures for explorers who lead the Earth’s evolution into a spacefaring civilization.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
At the time, reports stated that screenwriters Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), Lindsey Beer (Pet Sematary: Bloodlines), and Drew Pearce (Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation) were in the running to pen the script, with Smith as the apparent frontrunner.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for screenwriter
Cite this Entry
“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share