How to Use episodic in a Sentence

episodic

adjective

• This is one of the reasons that our sense of smell is seemingly on high-alert throughout the holidays, when scents are more episodic.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2020
• Despite the titular disclaimer, this is a memoir, albeit an episodic one.
  — Wendy Smith, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
• But as the years wore on, the chance to turn this boxing story into a thrilling episodic series felt both obvious and exciting.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
• The episodic format advances at a snail's pace -- unlike movie biographies that by necessity race to the good stuff.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 2 Dec. 2020
• The smallest of margins had affected the final outcome—episodic attention was not enough.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2020
• The Jungle Book is more episodic than some post-package Disney features, by design.
  — Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2021
• The Wilds' strange underground bunkers where some of the girls are interviewed during the episodic framing devices look a lot like the famed bunker that features in Lost.
  — Rosie Knight, refinery29.com, 14 Dec. 2020
• This series in collaboration with the cast and crew has proven there is a hunger to explore new frontiers in an episodic format, where actors have freedom to challenge themselves and take risks.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
• So will the four episodic works in the Indie Series program (formerly Indie Episodic).
  — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2020
• So, what would a hypothetical episodic Harry Potter adaptation look like?
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2021
• The subjects who took the classes had larger improvements in a variety of cognitive areas, ranging from episodic memory to processing speed.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2020
• What has been like to work on that scale in episodic TV?
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 30 June 2023
• The show features a string of guest stars who come aboard for episodic tales.
  — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2024
• The novel is episodic, with a tricky structure and a shambling kind of plot.
  — The New Yorker, 26 June 2024
• But the problem isn’t that The Last of Us is an episodic, monster-of-the-week adventure.
  — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
• To that end, the episodic cases aren’t compelling enough.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
• The Boys came out as a binge for season one but went episodic for season two.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2021
• Danny: For me, the difference from the movies is, this is episodic.
  — Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2023
• But at times the movie feels episodic: beached ships in clouded bottles.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• This premise would, on its face, seem to lend itself well to episodic drama.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 16 Nov. 2021
• Some lives have a long story arc, and others are episodic.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 June 2022
• They’d be paid on an episodic basis for 24 episodes over a 40-week schedule.
  — Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
• Goldman had to retool the script to an episodic format.
  — Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• But even there, the episodic storytelling helps, as the show rarely gets bogged down for long by angst or despair.
  — Zack Handlen, Variety, 2 May 2022
• Branton had never been this far north and, at first, the episodic fog surprised her.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2023
• Be sure to follow me on this blog for all my episodic TV reviews, game reviews and more.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• And there's the memory for the stuff that happens, the episodic memory.
  — Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, 3 May 2021
• The episodic structure felt like a perfect fit to drop our EP with one episode per song and one music video per episode.
  — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2022
• The episode that explored the aftermath won a WGA Award for episodic drama.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
• Day-to-day episodic updates on social media helped to fill that void.
  — Maddie Mortell, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024