How to Usegenre in a Sentence

• This book is a classic of the mysterygenre.
• The new film is a shot in the arm for a moribundgenre.
  — Michael O'Sullivan,Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
• Looking at the top-grossers of thegenre... not so much.
  — Michael Ordoña,Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• To know the man is to know the show is to know the very beginnings of thegenre.
  — Shinan Govani,Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2023
• For the actor, part of the problem lies with the film’sgenre.
  — Mike Miller,PEOPLE.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• This isn't the first time the singer has paid homage to thegenrewith his covers.
  — Sara Delgado,Teen Vogue, 20 Nov. 2018
• But at least one landmark of thegenreshould be spared the scorn.
  —The Economist, 27 June 2020
• Take a trip through time andgenresfrom the Baroque era to the Jazz Age.
  — John Coffren,Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
• Then there's greatgenrestuff and tons of stuff in the pipeline.
  — Lesley Goldberg,The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2018
• The emotions paired with thegenreare hard to describe.
  — Katie Bain,Billboard, 6 Aug. 2020
• In the grand scope of things, thegenreis still young and has much more to offer.
  — Kerane Marcellus,Essence, 10 July 2023
• The last few months have been historic for the rapgenre.
  — Mankaprr Conteh,Rolling Stone, 10 May 2024
• The latest entrant in thegenre, though, comes with a twist.
  — Brian Barrett,WIRED, 10 July 2018
• Hilderbrand’s joke was tame by the standards of thegenre.
  — Kyle Smith,National Review, 13 June 2021
• All helped in the rise of an entiregenreof neato scary movies.
  — Brian Truitt,USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2019
• Thegenrewas sort of at a low ebb in the seventies and eighties.
  — Adam Nayman,The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2022
• So what was the othergenrethat got mixed up with Mozart?
  — Rob Hubbard,Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2019
• There’s so much more to thegenrethan bodice-ripping, though that’s a steamy part of it.
  — Myisha Battle,TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
• Among the hundreds of lyrics that have been in thisgenre, there’s one song that stands out from the rest.
  — Heather Finn,Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2020
• Even though the studio is new to the mobile space, theirgenreof games isn’t.
  —Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
• The act, on its own, is an entiregenreof dumb YouTube videos.
  — Si.com Staff,SI.com, 11 June 2018
• After the release of J.D.’s Revenge in 1976, there was a bit of a lull for thegenre.
  — Okla Jones,Essence, 16 Oct. 2022
• Books in the emerginggenresold 11 million copies in the first five months of this year.
  — Prarthana Prakash,Fortune, 8 July 2024
• Some guys are already catching on to the joys of the romancegenre.
  — Emily Bond,menshealth.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• In thegenreof princesses and dragons, Milne makes his own way.
  — Sarah Schutte,National Review, 11 Apr. 2021
• Yet May predicts a renaissance of thegenreis in the cards in France.
  — Elsa Keslassy,Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
• The quest for those answers is often part of thegenre’s appeal.
  — Patti Greco,Health.com, 29 Oct. 2020
• Costner knocks it out of the park once again in agenrefor which he was clearly born.
  — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com,al, 10 Aug. 2020
• Company chairman Christopher Woodrow found Roth to be a strong entrepreneur and believes that the horrorgenreripe for this kind of venture.
  — Borys Kit,The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
• As thegenresupercharged dance floors, playlists, radio, music festivals, and arenas around the world in the past few years, Rema has become synonymous with it.
  — Mankaprr Conteh,Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025

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