pulpy
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Shaboozey has cited Leone and Quentin Tarantino as inspirations in his work, and the new collection is stuffed—some will say overstuffed—with pulpy cinematic flourishes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It doesn’t look particularly good, but for a pulpy, propulsive action series, it may have potential.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
But this is proper Serena van der Woodsen stuff, the kind of pulpy insanity that Lively cut her teeth on.
From Salon ● May 3, 2025
Described by the Guardian as a "deliciously pulpy supernatural soap opera", the TV version was part of a craze for vampire stories that also included Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight and True Blood.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
The soldier would not take the penny I offered him and brought me a pulpy orange.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
If the tone in this 1950s-set romantic drama is more genteel than in the Hitchcockian, far pulpier “Eileen,” they have many similarities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Lin would also wholeheartedly embrace the pulpier aspects of Indiana Jones and could be counted on to deliver something fun and fast-paced.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020
He likes to experiment with writing styles and readers may have to pause and think more than they do with pulpier fare.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2016
Conspiracy theories, elaborate cover-ups and paranoia are recurring threads in his work, from his acclaimed early novels, like “The Crying of Lot 49,” to more recent, pulpier books, like “Inherent Vice” and “Bleeding Edge.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2015
I can see what they have done to Billy already; he's getting pulpier every day, and I don't believe his brain would ever work if I didn't keep stirring it up.
From The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
This textured NYC thriller has the pulpiest of set-ups: a young Chinese girl is lost and alone on the streets, pursued by the Triads and crooked cops.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2019
But “Battlefield Earth” is also an incredibly exciting book, pulp of the pulpiest order.
From Salon ● May 24, 2012
