pull-quote

American

[pool-kwoht] / ˈpʊlˌkwoʊt /

noun

(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

“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

It begins with Pete Hammond, a humanoid pull-quote machine whom the studios pass around like the office stapler.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2015

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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