logline
Americannoun
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a one to two sentence synopsis of a program, script, screenplay, or book, often used to sell the work to a producer or publisher.
We've got to make sure the logline is perfect when we go pitch this idea.
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Nautical a length of rope with knots tied 7 fathoms apart, by which a log or patent log is streamed in order to measure the speed of a ship.
Etymology
Origin of logline
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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The film’s own logline gets at the tension: four tenacious girls navigate an $800 million business “in which innocence and ambition collide.”
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
According to the show’s logline, it’s a “modern reimagining of the iconic mystery-solving group of teens and their very special dog” that takes place at summer camp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Balfe: I think the logline I saw was “nurse goes back to Scotland and then goes back 200 years in time and meets a Highlander.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Skarsgård was intrigued by the logline, but also because the story wasn’t something he’d really seen onscreen before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
The two “etc, etc’s” in the last line stand for all the rest of the honest Squire’s speech, which, as his sailor brother said, was as long as the logline.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables
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