Examples of paperback in a Sentence
The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.
The book is sold only in paperback.
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Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
Her journey with the genre started, like many others, with Harlequin trade paperbacks.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 May 2025
During the war, the U.S. military printed more than a million tiny paperback books for men to carry into battle, called Armed Services Editions.
—Martha Hall Kelly, People.com, 16 May 2025
For pre-trip reading, Alanen offers a 433-page oversized paperback packed with information about the big lake’s 154-mile coastline between Duluth and the Canadian border via the North Shore Scenic Drive.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
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Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
Her journey with the genre started, like many others, with Harlequin trade paperbacks.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 May 2025
During the war, the U.S. military printed more than a million tiny paperback books for men to carry into battle, called Armed Services Editions.
—Martha Hall Kelly, People.com, 16 May 2025
For pre-trip reading, Alanen offers a 433-page oversized paperback packed with information about the big lake’s 154-mile coastline between Duluth and the Canadian border via the North Shore Scenic Drive.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
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“Paperback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paperback. Accessed 4 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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