blurbs

Example Sentences

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The back cover of my 1985 reissue features two blurbs: One by Alice Walker, one by Henry Miller.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2024

Two other blurbs on the cover read: "paranoid and mercurial" and "understanding how Emperor Chongzhen drove himself to a dead end".

From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2023

If you feel as strongly as you claim, you ought to paint an honest picture and not resort to the breathless language of blurbs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2023

Even serious historians seem to limit their critiques, probably because his book blurbs are worth their weight in gold.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2023

Dresner would read respondents proposed PR blurbs and slogans about the movie to find out which ones worked the best.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell