Examples of blurb in a Sentence
Noun
a blurb on a book jacket
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
This one, for example, is an obvious tribute to Scotland’s away kit from the early 1990s… which was itself a tribute to one of their away kits from the early 1980s, but that’s not mentioned in Adidas’ blurb.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 10 June 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
Cape Verde’s heroic goalkeeper Write a short blurb with link to video.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
This one, for example, is an obvious tribute to Scotland’s away kit from the early 1990s… which was itself a tribute to one of their away kits from the early 1980s, but that’s not mentioned in Adidas’ blurb.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 10 June 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 21 Jun. 2026.
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