boy-meets-girl
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The chances that this endearing romantic comedy will repeat that feat are slighter—absent is the novelty of a robots-in-love story—but, like “Maybe Happy Ending,” “Two Strangers” is fueled by a pair of enchanting performances that bring fresh nuances to its elemental boy-meets-girl, boy-annoys-girl, girl-warms-to-boy story, and give the show a buoyancy and emotional resonance that blossoms as its characters’ friendship does.
His vision, incorporating complex melodies, intricate harmonies and avant-garde themes, was a watershed in popular music, moving it away from the boy-meets-girl narrative that had dominated the genre.
From BBC
The film, known as “D.D.L.J.,” is a boy-meets-girl story set in India in the 1990s, a moment of unbridled optimism when the economy had just opened up.
From New York Times
The film, “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” — which translates as “The Big-Hearted Will Take the Bride” and is known as “D.D.L.J.” — is a boy-meets-girl story set against the backdrop of a moment of immense change and unbridled possibility in India.
From New York Times
The dozen films in its “Great American Christmas” collection are essentially well-made, boy-meets-girl romantic comedies, as unremarkable and sickly sweet as drugstore candy canes.
From Los Angeles Times
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