How to use genre in a sentence

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• The grunge genre was the love child of punk and metal.From the entry love child
• I want to add genre and artist tags to the files in my music collection.From the entry tag
• He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.From the entry splice
• This band's genre can be described as, if you like, New Wave or Post-Punk.From the entry if you like
• Audio tracks were tagged by artist, and then subtagged by title and genre.From the entry subtag
• A novel writer will usually spell out Arabics from one to nine, to accord with the tone of the genre.From the entry arabic
• The excessive use of exclamation marks devalues their effect, but is typical of concise genres such as cartoons, not reference works!From the entry exclamation mark
• The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.From the entry parody
• I am tagging my music files by artist and genre.From the entry tag
• Organized crime, law enforcement, warfare, nature, disasters, mythology, religion, and history are all common themes in the action adventure genre.From the entry action adventure
• Asymmetry in pronominal sequencing is a recurrent feature of syndetic coordination, though with considerable variation in relation to literary genre.From the entry syndetic
• Action movies are his favourite genre.From the entry action movie
• Over the past four years, the genre has been responsible for 63 Oscar nominations.2026 April 26, Catherine Shoard, “Bad movies, good business: how sanitised biopics became a Hollywood staple”, in The Guardian, →ISSN…. From the entry biopic
• “Country music is a very historic genre, and this museum really honors the roots of that.”2024 November 19, Celeste Moure, “Kacey Musgraves’s Nashville”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2024. From the entry Music City
• Taylor Alison Swift—this genre of male lover has never been in higher demand.2023 December 5, Kayla Kibbe, “Fine, I Admit It—I, Too, Would Like a Golden Retriever Boyfriend”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst…. From the entry GRB
• Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious.2022, Jennifer Egan, “i, the Protagonist”, in The Candy House. From the entry caper
• But then, this isn’t even the first time these genres are back, back, back.2021 June 16, Joe Muggs, quoting Ben UFO, “Subwoofers at the ready! The jungle and drum’n’bass revival is upon us”, in The Guardian…. From the entry revival
• But Akunin picks a new genre, for his Seagull is a murder mystery.2021, The Akunin Project: The Mysteries and Histories of Russia's Bestselling Author, University of Toronto Press, page 64. From the entry Hercule Poirot
• The origins of the cyberpunk genre involve Western anxieties about the East.2020 December 8, George Yang, “Orientalism, ‘Cyberpunk 2077,’ and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction”, in Wired, →ISSN. From the entry techno-orientalism
• This is to say that I'm not predisposed to sticking to Valorant due to its genre.2020 October 21, Ricardo Contreras, “'Valorant' Is the Tactical Shooter I Needed to Get Into Tactical Shooters”, in VICE, archived from…. From the entry skill floor
• Genre conventions raise familiar questions about the role the bowling ball might play later on.2020, William P. Seeley, Attentional Engines: A Perceptual Theory of the Arts, →ISBN, page 210. From the entry brick joke
• Thus, ska punk managed to revitalize punk through the popularization of a more unusual genre.2019, Kevin L. Ferguson, Pop Goes the Decade: The Nineties, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 126. From the entry ska punk
• Metroidvanias are an inherently clever genre, and the cleverness can sometimes sap a little of the energy.2019 June 18, Christian Donlan, “Gato Roboto review - a pet-sized Metroidvania filled with delights”, in Eurogamer. From the entry Metroidvania
• However, in current political times this genre risks becoming newly sincere.2019, Emile Frankel, Hearing the Cloud: Can Music Help Reimagine the Future?. From the entry Trumpwave
• The related genre “utsuge” (“depressing game”), unlike “nakige”, does not typically achieve a happy ending.2019, Ema Bícová, "Visual Novel and Its Translation", thesis submitted to Palacký University Olomouc, pages 12-13. From the entry utsuge
• In conversation with Cawelti's delineation, we now experience a revitalized genre, the neo-Western.2019, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, editors, The Twenty-First-Century Western: New Riders of the Cinematic Stage, Lexington Books, →ISBN…. From the entry neo-Western
• SCP Breakout is an SCP experience based on the horror genre of the same title.2018, Adam Sippel, SCP Breakout. From the entry SCP
• David Gandy for Marks & Spencer is a classic of the hunkvertising genre.2016 December 25, Patrick Hosking, “From Article 50 to zero bound, key words on the City's streets”, in The Times. From the entry hunkvertising
• Bharatanatyam is the most geometrically multidirectional of the Indian genres — in the nritta sections, Ms.2015 August 30, Alastair Macaulay, “Review: At Indian Dance Festival, Subtleties in the Sway of a Torso”, in The New York Times, archived…. From the entry geometrically
• For many fans of the dungeon crawler genre, the ultimate risk is permadeath.2015 April 4, Laura Hardgrave, “Darkest Dungeon and Permanent Death in Video Games”, in Den of Geek. From the entry permadeath
• Yet, from reboots to genre revivals, nostalgia remains a powerful force in pop culture.2015 November 15, Robert Trussell, “Awash in nostalgia”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 136, number 59, Kansas City, Mo., page 12D. From the entry anemoia
• The urban dance genre includes breaking, waacking, and house dancing, among others.2014, Karen Schupp, Studying Dance: A Guide for Campus and Beyond, page 48. From the entry breaking
• Genre fiction encourages a focus on one aspect at the expense of others.2014 April 22, Anita Mason, “Genre fiction radiates from a literary centre”, in The Guardian. From the entry genre fiction
• Online writing has generated its own genres, from curtainfic to grave robbery.2014, Angus Phillips, Turning the Page: The Evolution of the Book, Routledge, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry curtainfic
• All these aforementioned films confirm that the genre still has cinematic potential.2014, Justyna Stępień, Redefining Kitsch and Camp in Literature and Culture, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry hagsploitation
• Similar methods were later reused to propagate other movies belonging to the psycho-biddy genre.2014, Justyna Stępień, Redefining Kitsch and Camp in Literature and Culture, →ISBN, page 48. From the entry psycho-biddy

Meaning of genre

1. noun A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
2. verb To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific.

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Questions about genre in a sentence

How do you use genre in a sentence?

Genre is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The still life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.”

What is a short sentence with genre?

“Action movies are his favourite genre.”

What does genre mean?

Genre means a kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.