How to Use romantic comedy in a Sentence

romantic comedy

noun
  • In no genre has that been more true than in romantic comedies.
    — Sarah Bregel, Parents, 27 June 2024
  • There are so many romantic comedy scripts that are getting sent to me now!
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024
  • If romantic comedies are dead, Netflix has yet to get the memo.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Where romantic comedies have failed since is often in their restraint.
    — Time, 11 July 2023
  • Just like your very own romantic comedy.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Audiences may still want romantic comedies but not quite in the same shape as what came before.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 8 June 2026
  • See our list of romantic comedies that probably never should have been made.
    — Keertana Sastry, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The two actors are great picks for the unhinged romantic comedy.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
  • With a reincarnation twist, this romantic comedy is full of big hair and a big heart.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 July 2024
  • Those words carry weight for anyone who has ever felt the need to defend their taste in romantic comedies.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Right as romantic comedies were curdling at the box office, Adams made one of the genre’s all-time stinkers.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This scenario seems to be the plotline in many romantic comedies, but no one wants to live the real-life version.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The film holds the crown as the highest-grossing romantic comedy ever made.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Meg Ryan is reclaiming her place as queen of the romantic comedy.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2023
  • As if you’re not allowed to make a romantic comedy or a thriller or a detective story.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
  • True love will not be broken, and neither will entrenched romantic comedy law.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • Meg Ryan is back with her first romantic comedy in nearly 15 years.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The romantic comedy is a diverse genre that revolves around the countless ways people fall in love.
    — James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, Stephanie Kaloi, EW.com, 25 July 2024
  • The year of the age-gap romantic comedy is about to continue on Netflix.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
  • My very first film was a romantic comedy about the least romantic thing possible.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 June 2026
  • That’s the premise of this fantasy romantic comedy set in heaven.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Netflix is bringing back one of the most beloved romantic comedies of the 2000s.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
  • As in all romantic comedies, the film lives or dies by how much the audience is invested in the couple at the center.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Hacks has often followed the beats of a romantic comedy, sometimes to its detriment.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
  • Lopez has been on the press tour for her new romantic comedy, Office Romance.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • And the movie was Pillow Talk, the first of their three romantic comedies together.
    — Marc Berman, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
  • That romantic comedy’s journey likely ends here in France, where the film has already opened.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
  • Kelly Rowland knows some people just don’t get romantic comedies.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The romantic comedy part of it, sure, whatever.
    — NBC news, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Zendaya and Robert Pattinson‘s romantic comedy has set the date.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025

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