How to Use genre in a Sentence

genre

noun

• This book is a classic of the mystery genre.
• The new film is a shot in the arm for a moribund genre.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
• To know the man is to know the show is to know the very beginnings of the genre.
  — Shinan Govani, Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2023
• But at least one landmark of the genre should be spared the scorn.
  — The Economist, 27 June 2020
• The emotions paired with the genre are hard to describe.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2020
• Looking at the top-grossers of the genre ... not so much.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• This isn't the first time the singer has paid homage to the genre with his covers.
  — Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, 20 Nov. 2018
• Then there's great genre stuff and tons of stuff in the pipeline.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2018
• For the actor, part of the problem lies with the film’s genre.
  — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• All helped in the rise of an entire genre of neato scary movies.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2019
• In the grand scope of things, the genre is still young and has much more to offer.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 10 July 2023
• Hilderbrand’s joke was tame by the standards of the genre.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 13 June 2021
• The genre was sort of at a low ebb in the seventies and eighties.
  — Adam Nayman, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2022
• The latest entrant in the genre, though, comes with a twist.
  — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 10 July 2018
• Some guys are already catching on to the joys of the romance genre.
  — Emily Bond, menshealth.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• So what was the other genre that got mixed up with Mozart?
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2019
• The idea of genre as a space to express these things was intrinsic.
  — Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, 4 July 2020
• Even the genre of music is kept secret until the event.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2018
• Only a great artist creates and ruins a genre at the same time.
  — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2021
• Costner knocks it out of the park once again in a genre for which he was clearly born.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 10 Aug. 2020
• The quest for those answers is often part of the genre’s appeal.
  — Patti Greco, Health.com, 29 Oct. 2020
• Even though the studio is new to the mobile space, their genre of games isn’t.
  — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
• Among the hundreds of lyrics that have been in this genre, there’s one song that stands out from the rest.
  — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2020
• There have been a lot of great films in both genres, but few can lay a glove on this one.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 9 July 2019
• His love of the genre and its musicians would define his life.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 14 Sep. 2021
• But there are things on those songs that really fall outside of the genre.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 9 Feb. 2022
• What a great way to introduce this genre of music to your kids.
  — Oregonkid.com, oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2020
• In the genre of princesses and dragons, Milne makes his own way.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 11 Apr. 2021
• That is transformative in terms of what that genre was all about.
  — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
• The hunger for new content is never-ending in this genre.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 May 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024