pull-quote
Americannoun
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(in a magazine or newspaper) an excerpted line or phrase, in a larger or display typeface, run at the top of a page or in a mid-column box to draw attention to the text of the article or story from which it is quoted; blurb.
Example Sentences
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Unless, that is, you're Louis Walsh, who gave Cragg an unforgettable pull-quote for the dust jacket.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023
“Not bullets, not bombs! Armor is impenetrable!” is a great pull-quote, even if it’s unclear which of the joint chiefs said it, or why he or she was speaking in sentence fragments.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2018
“That’s going to be a great pull-quote for you. But, honestly, the Columbine era destroyed my entire career at the time.”
From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2017
Stylistically, he disdains the bon mot — the political pull-quote that we associate with most great speeches.
From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2017
The Los Angeles Times termed “Art in the Streets” a “bombastic, near-overwhelming cavalcade of eye-candy,” a crowd-teasing pull-quote if ever there was one.
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2011
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