Examples of paperback in a Sentence
The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.
The book is sold only in paperback.
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Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 June 2025
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In February, nearly three years after the book's original release, Van Pelt announced a tour to promote the forthcoming paperback.
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Penguin invented the modern paperback in 1935, in the middle of the Great Depression.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 June 2025
The first season of Stranger Things, released way back in 2016, was eerie and quaint, a horror paperback brought to life with a killer soundtrack.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 2 June 2025
In February, nearly three years after the book's original release, Van Pelt announced a tour to promote the forthcoming paperback.
—Jenna Dejong, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Penguin invented the modern paperback in 1935, in the middle of the Great Depression.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Paperback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paperback. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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paperback
noun
pa·per·back
ˈpä-pər-ˌbak 
: a book with a flexible paper binding
paperback
adjective
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