boy-meets-girl
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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 • Dec. 7, 2021
Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning” initially presents itself as a simple boy-meets-girl tale, set in South Korea.
From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2018
Ten Thousand Saints doesn't have the usual, predictable, boy-meets-girl structure.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2016
Both "Ring of Keys" and "Changing My Major" would have no problem in a musical from decades past, only there's a shift from "boy-meets-girl" to "girl-meets-girl."
From US News • May 19, 2015
It features one of the nastiest boy-meets-girl setups in the history of cinematic romance, and the musical stays true to the screenplay.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2012
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