How to use "genre" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "genre" in popular movie and book plots

  • The Killing Dance also marks Hamilton's first significant introduction of elements of erotic fiction into her genre fusion.  - The Killing Dance
  • The story's genre is at first a fantasy-style story with heavy Ainu influence, though later develops science fiction themes towards the end.  - Utawarerumono
  • "Twirlin' at Ole Miss" has been cited by Tom Wolfe as one of the defining works of the genre and as such it was included in Wolfe andW.  - Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes
  • Hence Melville's license to play with characters and plots to leave space for the film genre to shine through.  - Un flic
  • Typical elements of the action genre are mixed, so that there are regular car crashes, shootouts, explosions and fistfights.  - Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
  • The movie is of the old-school nomadic, skate-everything-in-your-path genre with interludes of stopping to rip-up a big ramp, pool or kicker.  - The Search for Animal Chin
  • The story is a dramatization of a traditional genre of medieval French song, the pastourelle.  - Jeu de Robin et Marion
  • The film is unusual in that its ending is completely non-violent, despite its genre and expectations raised throughout.  - The Sniper (1952 film)
  • Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare are there too, although Dickens bitterly resents his "ghettoization" among genre writers.  - The Exiles (Bradbury story)
  • When it did not do particularly well, he began an extensive study of other books in the genre to see what made a bestseller.  - Year of the Intern
  • The last is a wuxia/samurai movie spoof full of genre clichés and anachronisms.  - My Sassy Girl
  • This idea of combination and transformation proved to be a very powerful concept that has been used in the super robot genre ever since.  - Getter Robo
  • The movie is divided into five distinct episodes, each representing a different genre and having their own subplot.  - Kohtalon kirja
  • Despite these genre-blending elements, wuxia is primarily a historical genre of fiction.  - Wuxia
  • Although set in a traditional suburban setting, the show subverts this genre with a strong overtone of black comedy.  - One Foot in the Grave
  • The genre evolved from folklore tales of a dunce or youngest son going out in the world to seek his fortune.  - Bildungsroman

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