How to Use screenwriter in a Sentence

screenwriter

noun
  • Your screenwriter has said the bear is not the bad guy in this movie.
    — Vulture, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Even the screenwriter even had doubts.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The screenwriter also used that time to live her life on her own terms.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
  • Black had come out as gay by then and was trying to make it as a young screenwriter.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Now the screenwriter was sure something was amiss.
    — Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • That’s something many first-time screenwriters lack.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As both a screenwriter and a casual fan, the line struck her as a standout.
    — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
  • One was to a big-time screenwriter, and the other was to a novelist.
    — Andrew Marzoni, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • This is a bone of contention between me and my husband, who is a screenwriter.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Soderbergh and screenwriter Ed Solomon planned it that way from the start.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2021
  • The fresh ink depicts a black koi fish with a long flowing tail where the screenwriter’s chest meets his shoulder.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Conners will produce the project; a screenwriter has not yet been attached.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The screenwriter wore a white T-shirt with gray jeans and added a pop of color with a bright red cardigan.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 May 2022
  • Schreck is a playwright and screenwriter based in Brooklyn.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • First, over the span of just a few years, the novelist and screenwriter suffered a crushing amount of loss.
    — Annabel Gutterman, Time, 6 Jan. 2022
  • My date was a fellow screenwriter who had worn a Hawaiian shirt, smiled and asked a few good questions.
    — William Keiser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Dave came here in 2018, fresh from grad school, to be a screenwriter and has never found steady work.
    — Lauren Bans, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
  • In this way, a screenwriter can transmit their thoughts into something more workable.
    — Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The film’s screenwriter, Julie Wolfe, lives in Avon and wants to set movies in her town and her state.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The screenwriter admits that fans just can’t get enough of the character, which has prompted many movies through the years.
    — Jane Lacroix, People.com, 13 July 2025
  • Many screenwriters and directors had come and gone from the project, without success.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Both films were also written by the same screenwriter, Kevin Williamson.
    — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Deesha Philyaw learned this recipe from her friend, the screenwriter and artist Tony Puryear.
    — Deesha Philyaw, WSJ, 2 June 2022
  • White has been active as a screenwriter and actor since the late 1990s.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The screenwriters kept the heightened language of Houghton’s play, with help from Cody.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Eleanor Berstein, the screenwriter for the movie, vacationed at Grossinger's as a child.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Among the ranks of screenwriters, only 20% were women.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • So too, is the effect of the twin strikes in Hollywood by screenwriters and actors.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The biopic appears to still be in development, though a new screenwriter has not yet been announced.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • Butt is an award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter.
    — Sameer Butt, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026

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