EXCERPT in a Sentence

Learn EXCERPT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for EXCERPT, such as:

1. An excerpt from her new thriller will appear in this weekend's magazine.
2. I've read an excerpt of the book on the Web and it's whetted my appetite.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXCERPT
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excerpt
 n.  passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition
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Example Sentence:
1  An excerpt from her new thriller will appear in this weekend's magazine.
2  I've read an excerpt of the book on the Web and it's whetted my appetite.
3  To celebrate the milestone, I've posted a 2,000-word excerpt from the opening of the book.