How to Use listicle in a Sentence

listicle

noun
  • Come gift guide season there are plenty of listicles out there that will aid your search.
    — Teen Vogue, 14 Nov. 2019
  • And yet, the ratio of dive-bar listicles to dive-bar obits must be about 10 to 1.
    — Atlanta Travel, ajc, 23 May 2017
  • But the listicle kind of praise is always over too quickly, like sugary candy.
    — Marilynne Robinson, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Then some twenty-two-year-old at BuzzFeed puts you in a listicle, and the world opens up.
    — Emma Soren, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Especially for Warriors fans who get some love from this listicle.
    — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 23 July 2019
  • Buzzfeed published a listicle of reasons why people disliked the star.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 29 May 2018
  • Amber might be wary of any story that can’t be written in listicle format, but her instincts about Beth, at least, are spot on.
    — Caroline Framke, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
  • In 2014, adult summer camps were even worthy of a Buzzfeed listicle.
    — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 25 Apr. 2017
  • By now, December is synonymous with roundups and listicles of the most memorable moments of the year.
    — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Vice pour-over ethical semiotics locavore chia listicle shabby chic umami 3 wolf moon brunch.
    — Aaron Jansen, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 July 2017
  • Translators and interpreters are often near the top of media listicles as the jobs most likely to be killed by AI.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 18 June 2024
  • But the real journey is anything but fast and would be impossible to write as a BuzzFeed listicle.
    — Jes Baker, SELF, 26 June 2018
  • In fact, a whole lot of the quotes that litter these popular listicles are either completely fabricated or taken out of context.
    — WIRED, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The Internet abounds with listicles detailing his macho feats of cinema.
    — Joseph Hincks / Hong Kong, Time, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The listicle structure is surprisingly expansive in Gallen’s hands.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Two years after its release, Moonlight has become the consensus top pick in listicles naming the best films to lose Best Picture.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Consensus is emerging on some of the most effective tricks, such as the self-promotional listicles on sites not previously known for product reviews.
    — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • Neither man had listicles, Instagram and TikTok influencers to help turn them into stars.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Your story can be a listicle or an in-depth look at a particular activity in a destination so long as there is an inspiration and service element.
    — Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Your story can be a listicle or an in-depth look at a particular activity in a destination so long as there is an inspiration and service element.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Over the last 40 years, as politicians and parents and perky magazine listicles have been telling us to study hard and build our personal brands, the entire economy has transformed beneath us.
    — Michelle Legro, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The song’s English-language hook is a listicle of everyday objects manufactured in China.
    — Leor Galil, Chicago Reader, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Unlike similar projects, Martin eschews the listicle format for an interwoven narrative that takes readers across the country.
    — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2020
  • BuzzFeed News, the Pulitzer Prize-winning news website known for popularizing listicles, is shutting down.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
  • BuzzFeed, which debuted in 2006, was a social media sensation in its heyday, known for its listicles, quizzes and funny videos that went viral online.
    — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Images of the model tramping through the fields of Worthy Farm—polystyrene cup in one hand, cig in the other—have featured in just about every nostalgic listicle this magazine has ever published.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 21 June 2024
  • In the case of the alt-weeklies and OnlyFans listicles, the clickbait is appearing alongside actual editorial content, both archival and new.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 30 July 2024
  • The Oscars even created a listicle of Kimmel's seven best moments at the 89th Academy Awards.
    — The Tylt, cleveland.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • There are online listicles detailing the annoying things riders do — eating smelly foods, vaping, not tipping well — to help riders brush up on Uber etiquette, but questions of decorum are subject to debate.
    — Travis Deshong, Washington Post, 18 July 2019
  • But even if only a few of these players ultimately set up shop here, the groundswell of interest means Detroit is truly becoming a hot restaurant market on the national level — and not just in fawning travel listicles.
    — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2018

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