How to Use subgenre in a Sentence
subgenre
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So many subgenres of hip-hop have been made over the last 50 years.
—Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Aug. 2023
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There’s perhaps not quite enough meat on the subgenre’s bones to gnaw on for 108 minutes.
—Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
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Which brings us to the musical subgenre within the the wide world of Wordle.
—Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2022
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As the search for the next Nirvana neared its 11th hour, lightning struck in the form of a yearning punk-rock subgenre called emo.
—Chris Payne, Vulture, 30 May 2023
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Yes, please go on; tell us more about our new favorite subgenre.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2021
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Scaling down the stakes aligns The Beekeeper with the finest tradition of the subgenre.
—Giancarlo Sopo, National Review, 13 Jan. 2024
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Regardless, Cuadras feels right at home in the subgenre.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
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Since then, hip-hop has spawned a mass of subgenres – gangsta rap, crunk and trap among them.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
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It’s been super-inclusive to all the subgenres of hip-hop, it’s been great to see.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2023
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The shift comes with a corresponding change in subgenre.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
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Forty-plus years later, William Friedkin’s attack on the senses is still king of the demon subgenre, if not the genre as a whole.
—Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
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Certainly, all of the above will enhance a sports movie into that greater realm of great movie, not one reduced to a subgenre.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
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Welcome to the world of Fake Karens, an emerging subgenre of content that is taking the internet by storm.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2023
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Evelyn Thomas, the singer who elevated the disco subgenre of hi-NRG, has died at age 70.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 22 July 2024
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Dauberman, who also wrote the script, is playing in the subgenre of babysitter horror a la Halloween or When a Stranger Calls.
—Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
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So yes, The Creator falls squarely within that sci-fi subgenre that puts the AI back into paranoia.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
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Detroit rap is the most hilarious subgenre in hip-hop right now.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
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These flights are few and far between, and the rules of the vampire subgenre are themselves only half-heartedly enforced.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
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And there's even room within the subgenre for comedy too, like the classic Halloween movie Beetlejuice.
—Milan Polk, Men's Health, 26 Oct. 2022
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While her work is an excellent entry point into the subgenre, your reading need not end there.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
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So many westerns are effectively road movies, which is sort of your subgenre.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2023
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With the groundwork laid, drill went from an unheard-of subgenre to rap’s most promising yet controversial new face.
—Trey Alston, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2022
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Her songs have also been classified as trillwave, a dreamy, lo-fi subgenre of Southern rap.
—Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
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The dance subgenre can swell into something bigger if another notable artist takes a crack at it.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2023
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Dwight Twilley, one of the musicians who pioneered the rock subgenre known as power pop, died on Wednesday.
—Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
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The Princess Bride invented a subgenre of on screen combat: the family-fantasy movie fight.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Pagode is a subgenre of samba, a variation of the national Brazilian sound that grew from the Black communities of Rio de Janeiro.
—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2024
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This arithmetic led to the destruction of older categories and a rapid flowering of new rap subgenres around the world.
—C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
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Alaska is a bleak, compelling setting, and one that has become a staple of crime television's Nordic Noir subgenre.
—David Faris, theweek, 14 Jan. 2024
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Desires are incredibly complex and the amount of subgenres within the romance genre reflect this.
—Myisha Battle, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
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