blurb
noun
a brief advertisement or announcement, especially a laudatory one.
blurbs
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pluralof blurb.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I didn’t read the glowing blurbs for a first-time author from Gwyneth Paltrow, Gloria Steinem, Chanel Miller and Mariska Hargitay.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Listening to that, you get a much better sense of who this young woman is, as opposed to the social media blurbs and the gossip magazines,” Ed Kelce said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 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
While not quite as reclusive as Thomas Pynchon, Mr. McCarthy gave no readings and no blurbs for the jackets of other writers’ books.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
Fashion blurbs, silver and full of nothing, sent up their fishy bubbles in my brain.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
