How to Use novelty in a Sentence

novelty

noun
  • Eating shark meat is a novelty to many people.
  • Electric-powered cars are still novelties.
  • One reason for the love might be the novelty of the products.
    Zoe Glasser, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • When the first boomers were toddlers, TV was a novelty.
    Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2023
  • This adorable novelty pillow is one of those things that’s just plain fun.
    Samantha Booth, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The novelty of those revisionist takes has, of course, waned in the 40 years since.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Are sports fan tokens a huge wave of the future or just a passing novelty?
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Otherwise, go for something a bit more cheeky, like a novelty pen in the shape of a hotdog.
    Brittney Morgan, housebeautiful.com, 5 May 2023
  • But once the novelty fades, some of the problems begin to assert themselves.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Take away the sci-fi novelty, and all that’s left are those two people looking to connect.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Gerard sometimes acted as if the loss of his toes was a novelty.
    Matt Kempner, ajc, 23 June 2023
  • Is this coffee-slinging droid a novelty or a job killer?
    Stephen Pastis, Fortune, 22 June 2023
  • But, after four years, the novelty has likely worn off.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
  • The novelty of having them there is so lovely, and people warm to the photographs.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 28 Apr. 2023
  • But the swipe’s novelty has worn off, and Tinder has lost momentum.
    J. Edward Moreno, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • While these types of accessories can often feel like a novelty item, this one is the real deal.
    Jen Ator, Travel + Leisure, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Today’s Talker The low-cost shopping app Temu has gone viral.. … but will the novelty last?
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 12 June 2023
  • As more users flood in, and the novelty fades, platforms typically fade away with them.
    Casey Newton, The Verge, 2 May 2023
  • For Napa Valley wineries, the snowfall is a novelty, not a cause for alarm, and maybe even a chance for some fun winter sports.
    Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The novelty quickly wore off, and the familiar beckoned.
    Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • Students in Piercey’s class said the novelty of working with a chatbot makes learning fun.
    Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Something new was invariably added to the world the writer had conjured, even if the novelty was simply blank space.
    Colton Valentine, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The novelty and privilege is not lost on the characters.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2023
  • This is the central novelty behind the premise of Medusa Deluxe: a murder mystery set in the dog-perms-dog world of a regional hairstyling contest.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Heirloom is one of those restaurants that deals in comfort, not novelty.
    Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But the novelty of getting a package all the way from America never dies.
    Ashley Wong, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But the novelty of quiet quitting soon wore off and was replaced by paranoia.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • Of course, the question hanging over all of 65 is whether the inhabitants of the Cretaceous world would chase down a human morsel just for the novelty of it.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Concerts are a novelty for some artists, which helps explain why scores of fans travel from all over the world to catch them performing live.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Some skin care ingredients get a lot of buzz for their novelty—we’re looking at you, snail mucin.
    Melanie Rud, SELF, 24 Oct. 2023

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