Examples of blurb in a Sentence
Noun
a blurb on a book jacket
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Michael Pasek, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
Compared to white Christians who did not read anything, white Christians who read the blurb about anti-Christian bias perceived greater anti-white bias.
—Michael Pasek, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
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
One group did not read anything, while the other three were each given a brief blurb about discrimination.
—Michael Pasek, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
Compared to white Christians who did not read anything, white Christians who read the blurb about anti-Christian bias perceived greater anti-white bias.
—Michael Pasek, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
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 15 May. 2025.
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