Examples of blurb in a Sentence
Noun
a blurb on a book jacket
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
Nikodem notes that many publishers’ jacket material or blurbs don’t adequately describe what a book is about.
—Jess Decourcy Hinds
february 13, Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2023
Nonetheless, Penn was allowed to publish this novel, and Salman Rushdie blurbed it.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 31 Mar. 2018
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Noun
Write a short blurb with link to video.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
Nikodem notes that many publishers’ jacket material or blurbs don’t adequately describe what a book is about.
—Jess Decourcy Hinds
february 13, Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
To blurb books, to be on panels, to fly to LA, where her film agent whisked her to the opera in his white Porsche.
—Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2023
Nonetheless, Penn was allowed to publish this novel, and Salman Rushdie blurbed it.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 31 Mar. 2018
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“Blurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blurb. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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