How to Use spaghetti western in a Sentence

spaghetti western

noun
  • I'm a fan of spaghetti westerns of the 1960s.
  • The trailer plays up the space opera/spaghetti Western crossover vibe.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2019
  • The film marks the apogee of Eastwood and Leone spaghetti western cinema.
    Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 23 May 2022
  • The duel between Kylo Ren and Luke is straight out of a spaghetti western.
    Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Some themes in the past have included classic movies, British films and spaghetti westerns.
    Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The final spaghetti Western surprise of the night was s’mores and bombolini bites.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2018
  • RF Shannon’s Trickster Blues is the sound of a shimmering desert mirage, a solitary, widescreen drive in search of an epic spaghetti western.
    Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2018
  • In the theater itself, there are two more prop posters from Dalton's home showcasing his work in spaghetti Westerns.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2019
  • The final message is that virtue and vice are entwined; unlike spaghetti Westerns, the play has no straightforward goodies or baddies.
    The Economist, 12 July 2018
  • One where a still unknown impactor likely encroached on our planet to wreak more havoc than anything a spaghetti western could muster.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The album contained a darker element and less spaghetti Western.
    Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Tomas Milian echoes spaghetti westerns as well as Visconti.
    Armond White, National Review, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The drama pays homage to the classic spaghetti western, while being updated for modern audiences.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The orchestral sounds of Sam Spence evoke images of troops preparing for battle, spaghetti Westerns or grand literary romances.
    SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The first in the spaghetti western trilogy was an immediate box-office sensation in Italy — and a surprise one three years later when it was finally exported to the U.S.
    Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 6 July 2020
  • The afternoon wind whips through deserted downtown streets, tossing plastic bags like tumbleweeds in a spaghetti western with few actors.
    J. David Goodman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Mark Speer's guitar provides a barbed bit of color befitting a psychedelic spaghetti western soundtrack.
    Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 3 Dec. 2019
  • There’s really only one way an Italian fashion brand and a Texan art center can come together to celebrate an iconic filmmaker: a spaghetti Western–theme gala.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2018

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