How to Use novella in a Sentence

novella

noun
  • The drama is based Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 4 June 2023
  • The flawed heroes of each novella are played by and against him.
    — Steve Israel, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2018
  • The first season will adapt the first novella, 1998's The Hedge Knight, and consist of six episodes.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 May 2024
  • To call Lake Nicaragua a lake would be like calling the Bible a wee novella.
    — Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 19 May 2025
  • Reznor and Ross composed the score for the film, which is based on William S. Burroughs’ novella of the same.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Nov. 2024
  • It’s built backward, as is the Stephen King novella on which it’s based.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • How much does the novella play with details from your own life?
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The package is based on a novella by Neil Paik, who is attached to adapt.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The novella published first in a magazine and then as a book in late 1896.
    — arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The novella was the basis for a 1975 cult movie starring a young Don Johnson.
    — Robert Jablon, USA TODAY, 28 June 2018
  • The keyboard won’t inspire any novellas, but the soft-touch plastic on the palm rest is a nice touch.
    — Christopher Null, WIRED, 5 May 2014
  • The film is adapted from a novella written by Stephen King.
    — Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 13 June 2025
  • In her debut novella, Emily Tesh takes a new look at the Green Man mythos.
    — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 15 June 2019
  • Fans have long hoped for an adaptation of the Tales of Dunk and Egg series of novellas.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The novella was the basis for a 1975 movie starring Don Johnson.
    — Fox News, 28 June 2018
  • The novella was the basis for a 1975 movie starring Don Johnson.
    — Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2018
  • Inspired by the iconic horror novella of the same name.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The story won the Nebula Award that year for best novella.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
  • Martin had sold the rights to the novella before, with nothing to show for it but a few big paychecks.
    — Noel Murray, The Verge, 30 Nov. 2018
  • Her idea of a break was to pen a novella between projects, as a relief from other work.
    — Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
  • That’s the signal of a new chapter in a Tigers career that could make up the plot of a distressing novella.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Hatcher based the play on a 1905 novella of the same name by Swedish writer Hjalmar Söderberg.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2021
  • Based on a novella from Stephen King, the film unspools across three chapters in the life of an ordinary man.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Stephen King’s novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 1 June 2025
  • Back in the magazine era, the novella was the heartbeat of science fiction.
    — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2019
  • The film is adapted from a 2017 German novella of the same name by bestselling author Daniel Kehlman.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 June 2020
  • Keegan’s novella is set in a small Irish town in 1985 as coal merchant Bill Furlong faces the busiest season of the year.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In James’ novella, two children and Dani, their governess, head to a country house.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Each of the first four novels tells the love story of a hockey player, with the fifth being a novella collection of all four couples.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 July 2025
  • The director’s films often feel like novellas come to life—short, emotionally intricate and rooted in the rhythms of real conversation.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025

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