How to Use excerpt in a Sentence
- She read an excerpt from the play.
- I've read only excerpts of Moby-Dick, never the whole book.
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Here is an excerpt from our talk.
—Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
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Read an excerpt from the book here.
—Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
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Read an excerpt and get a copy of the book below.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2026
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Read an excerpt below and get a copy of the book here.
—Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Read an excerpt below and buy a copy of the book here.
—ABC News, 26 May 2026
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Here are some excerpts from that story.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
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Here are excerpts from that exchange.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 May 2026
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Thank you both so much for taking the time and being on the excerpt.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
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Listen to this week’s episode and read an excerpt from it below.
—Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2024
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Watters asked Kirk in the excerpt.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
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This an an excerpt of the rabbi’s remarks.
—Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
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Check out the excerpt for yourself below.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
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Listen to the author read an excerpt.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
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Here is an exclusive excerpt of one moment that made the cut.
—Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
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See the cover below and read on for an excerpt from the book's opening.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Read and excerpt from an early draft of the screenplay below.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
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Edge shares an excerpt about his mother, her place in his life, and the recipe that connects them across time.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
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What appears below is an excerpt from the book’s first chapter.
—Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
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Read an excerpt, about her early years as a filmmaker.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2026
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The six-minute music video features excerpts from the album's tracks.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
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These excerpts have been edited for length and clarity.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
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These excerpts have been edited for length and clarity.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
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These excerpts have been edited for length and clarity.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
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Read an excerpt of his story below, and watch the video version of the story here.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 13 May 2026
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Listen to an excerpt of the album below.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 20 Aug. 2025
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Thank you so much for being on the excerpt RonNell.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
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Head over to The Cut’s website to read Nevil’s full book excerpt.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
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When a reporter read that excerpt to him in a recent interview, his eyes filled with tears.
—Miami Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
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Many of the emails are excerpted and their full context isn’t clear.
—Kirsten Grind, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2018
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Their replies have been edited and excerpted here.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
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The book would be excerpted in Life, a major coup, and became a huge best-seller.
—Evgenia Peretz, vanityfair.com, 29 Mar. 2017
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Here is a transcript of his speech, which was excerpted in Sunday’s Post.
—Cohen Peart, The Denver Post, 1 May 2017
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Also, part of my review of #1 was excerpted for the back cover of #2.
—Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 27 Oct. 2017
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Stories so tempting to summarize should not also be such a pleasure to excerpt.
—Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
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Recipe excerpted from Good Things by Samin Nosrat.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recipe excerpted from Good Things by Samin Nosrat.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2025
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It was excerpted in the New York Times so there was some momentum behind that.
—John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Apr. 2017
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This story is excerpted from Life Kit's Guide to Skin Care.
—Kelle Walsh, NPR, 18 June 2026
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The group will distribute the guideline excerpts that have appeared on the Internet.
—Margaret Newkirk, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
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The images in this article have been excerpted from Guy Delisle’s book, Hostage.
—Anna Diamond, The Atlantic, 13 May 2017
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And, which Vogue was privileged to excerpt in the November issue.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2021
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The following is excerpted from the book The Streak by John Eisenberg.
—John Eisenberg, SI.com, 4 July 2017
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The two movies are excerpted in two different songs on Manic, and are clearly important to Halsey.
—P. Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, 17 Jan. 2020
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Seen from this remove, certain moments rise to the surface, worthy of excerpting for the Internet.
—Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 4 Jan. 2020
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This book is excerpted in an essay at the Poetry Foundation.
—Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
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His book had been excerpted in The New Yorker, and everyone expected great things.
—Edmund White, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
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It was also excerpted in the Forbes CFO newsletter.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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This article has been excerpted and adapted from an installment of Sahil Bloom’s newsletter.
—Sahil Bloom, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2026
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First published in 2006, the poem, from which this passage was excerpted, remains a striking testament to the present.
—Dionne Brand Anne Boyer, New York Times, 29 June 2023
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This article has been excerpted from Benjamin Markovits’s new book, The Rest of Our Lives.
—Benjamin Markovits, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
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Kjellberg pulled the video showing the two men displaying the anti-Semitic sign, but it is excerpted in a Wall Street Journal video.
—Mae Anderson, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2017
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Among the concert recordings are three full concerts being released for the very first time and several more full recordings of shows that have been excerpted, to varying extents, for past releases.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
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This poem has been excerpted from Canisia Lubrin’s new book, The World After Rain.
—Canisia Lubrin, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2025
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The following was excerpted and adapted from a commencement speech given at Bard College on May 23.
—Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 7 June 2026
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Only five of the questions are new, and USA TODAY excerpted one of them last week.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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According to the new foreword, which was excerpted by People, Princess Diana wanted to make sure the British public heard her side of the story.
—Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, 22 June 2017
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Raman’s campaign produced a video ad that heavily excerpted Bass’ remarks endorsing her at a Sherman Oaks get-out-the-vote rally.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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Print excerpted with permission of Doubleday, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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