How to Use meet-cute in a Sentence

meet-cute

noun
  • That could have been a meet-cute.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The meet-cute took place in a bookstore.
    — Rebecca Ackermann, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Their meet-cute is their reunion.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
  • What is the opposite of a meet-cute?
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
  • In other words, this meet-cute was a true meeting of the minds.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The film at least mines some charm from a fender-bender as a meet-cute.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Could my late arrival be the catalyst for some kind of meet-cute?
    — Audra Heinrichs, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The couple's love story is straight out of a romance movie meet-cute!
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
  • Such a match demands not a meet-cute but a full-on comedy of errors.
    — Mike McCahill, Variety, 5 May 2023
  • Their meet-cute evolves into a whirlwind romance, but both struggle to face their pasts.
    — Francesca Gariano, People.com, 10 July 2025
  • Ally and Jay’s meet-cute happens by way of the same fussy coffee order.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Perhaps your own meet-cute moment is waiting to be had among these sprawling woodlands?
    — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The siblings later enjoyed an at-home meet-cute together on a cozy chair with their mom.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Everything leading up to that—the meet-cute, the first kiss, the third-act breakup—is left to the author.
    — Karen Ostergren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Neither Yeon-doo nor Tae-kyung is in the best possible mood for a meet-cute.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Speaking of movies, last year, Lindz Tweeted about her meet-cute with Z.
    — Francesca Street, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Obviously the meet-cute and the hijinks are so young romance.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Honestly, Connecticut could do much worse for a meet-cute.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
  • Desai’s multipart meet-cute lets her challenge neat old-world–new-world dichotomies.
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Michael Keaton had a meet-cute with girlfriend Marni Turner that seems straight out of a movie.
    — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The happy couple met roughly six years ago and recounted their meet-cute to Vogue.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 July 2023
  • For now, the meet-cute is back — and Gen Z is treating it less like a movie trope and more like a strategy.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2026
  • Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade's first meeting was hardly your standard meet-cute.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Their meet-cute turns into a flirtation always at the edge of danger or exposure.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 July 2024
  • But what begins with throwbacks to their sweet meet-cute swiftly turns into something far more sinister.
    — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Callum Turner is shedding some light on his meet-cute with Dua Lipa.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • So if romance is on the table, at least Ridge is available for a potential meet-cute with Dani.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Finally, a meet-cute at an LA restaurant helped the future spouses feel like the stars were aligned.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 June 2026
  • The couple spoke with WPHL about their dreamy meet-cute and proposal.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • In the spirit of true romanticism, there may even be time for a little meet-cute with one of my fellow travelers.
    — Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2024

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