adjective
Other Word Forms
- pulpily adverb
- pulpiness noun
Etymology
Origin of pulpy
Example Sentences
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Snake is a wonderfully pulpy, instantly iconic creation, an outcast adventurer reeking of sweat and post-Vietnam cynicism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
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
We need more movies like “Conclave,” pulpy, impeccably made crowd-pleasers starring scene stealers like Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024
She contemplated a few pulpy grains of crushed root clinging to her fingertips and resisted—for the twentieth time—the temptation to see what they tasted like.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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