genre-busting
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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‘Cowboy Carter’ is Beyoncé’s genre-busting foray into country music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
It’s been quite a year for Black queer theater, due in large part to the Broadway debut of Michael R. Jackson’s mind-bending, genre-busting musical “A Strange Loop.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
These debut authors bring excitement to the sleepy days of fall, with everything from genre-busting horror to stories told entirely by animals.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
The comic was a genre-busting, gender-bending horror-ish fantasia that simply didn’t care about convention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
Others followed the genre-busting trajectory of current pop to expand their own home bases: A favorite, for me, is country up-and-comer Tiera’s tender take on Halsey and Marshmello’s banger-ballad “Be Kind.”
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2020
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