Examples of blurb in a Sentence

Noun a blurb on a book jacket

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Again, there’s no blurb-worthy self-praise from Bateman. — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022 The short blurb, which is among other 2021 tax tips, talks about an enhanced child tax credit credit of up to $3,600 for a qualifying child under age 6 and up to $3,000 for a qualifying child over age 5 and under age 18. — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 24 Feb. 2022 In one amusing chapter, Hunt visits a medium to ask Charlotte Brontë’s ghost for a blurb for her new book. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022 As close as this book gets to this challenging subject is a single, long sentence in what publishers call the flap copy — a blurb on the book jacket written to appeal to browsers in bookstores. — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022 The caption featured a screen grab showing pictures of Noah, who’s South African, with the info blurb that Google serves up when someone searches for a famous person. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022 That returned a blurb about how popular the Packers are. — Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2022 The School for Good Mothers is compared with Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in a blurb on its cover. — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 24 Jan. 2022 Goings On About Town section, one of Richard Brody’s dispatches from the land of the overlooked and forgotten, but no such blurb exists. — Howard Fishman, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb So what’s with the random Jason Statham blurb today? — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 28 July 2021 As for whether Lighthizer will suffer any consequences for the pricey interior design choices, the odds are about as likely as Trump blurbing a second print run of James Comey’s book. — Bess Levin, The Hive, 18 Apr. 2018 Nonetheless, Penn was allowed to publish this novel, and Salman Rushdie blurbed it. — Constance Grady, Vox, 31 Mar. 2018 As someone who is trying to get your book read, is that ultimately a quote worthy of being blurbed on the back cover? — Daniel D'addario, Time, 9 Jan. 2018 It's blurbed by Larry McMurtry, David McCullough, and Henry Kissinger; it's lavishly illustrated; and Korda grounds its familiar story with his childhood memories of wartime tensions and radio broadcasts. — Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2017 It's blurbed by Larry McMurtry, David McCullough, and Henry Kissinger — Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2017 Lenin, who blurbed the book, rewarded Reed for his powerful propaganda by burying him in the wall of the Kremlin. — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2017 See More

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