Example sentences for: adaptation

How can you use “adaptation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The musical adaptation of E.L.

  • Needless to say, success, in such cases, hinges on the ad maker's ability to manipulate that fine line between the familiar and the clichéd: It's all in the adaptation.

  • Yet another adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel produced by Barry Sonnenfeld ( Get Shorty , Out of Sight ). This one centers on a power-hungry rural judge (Beau Bridges) who happily doles out lengthy sentences--a "redneck Judge Judy" (Bruce Fretts, Entertainment Weekly ). Critics call it the next Twin Peaks , citing its twisting plot lines, eccentric characters, and black humor.

  • Applause for Europa, Europa director Agnieszka Holland's feminist adaptation of Henry James' novel, starring Albert Finney as an overbearing father and Jennifer Jason Leigh as his stubborn daughter.

  • Decent notices for the first film adaptation of a John Irving novel for which he's deigned to write the screenplay.


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