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Definition
a passage selected from a book, play, film, music or other work; or the selection of such a passage- She read an excerpt from the book she is currently writing.
- The excerpts were presented out of context.
- She presented excerpts from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- In certain excerpts of that sleep, Liesel watched him.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- A SMALL EXCERPT FROM THE WHISTLERMarkus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- A LATE-NIGHT EXCERPTMarkus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- Excerpts taken from "The Only Sermon Jesus Ever Wrote," sermon by Billy Graham, © 1949 Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- What follows are excerpts from the verbatim transcript.Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
- Unbidden, excerpts from one of Oromis's scrolls rose in Eragon's memory.Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- Do this: State frankly that you can't answer the question but that you are offering in its stead an excerpt from Moliere with translation.Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- The film is ninety minutes long, but I will show only a few short excerpts.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- The English papers carried excerpts of the senator's speech and briefly mentioned my father.Chaim Potok -- The Chosen
- "Yes," said Max, remembering the chilling excerpts he'd read of Prusias in the Conjurer's Codex.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- — John Paul Jones, September 14, 1775; excerpts from a letter to the naval committee of the N. A. insurrectionists.Robert A. Heinlein -- Starship Troopers
- Excerpts from the clippings pasted in her book contained some real gems: Did they make me feel sad?Stephen King -- Misery
- Scrawled at the bottom of the ledger, Langdon saw a familiar excerpt.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- Excerpt from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, page 634784, section 5a.Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- I mean, if you don't count the excerpts I sent in letters to the girl I loved after she left for America.Nicole Krauss -- The History of Love
- We were to dance an excerpt from China's most famous ballet, The Red Detachment of Women.Li Cunxin -- Mao's Last Dancer
- Her testimony had been quoted in the newspaper accounts of the case but only in harmless excerpts.Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead
excerpts = short parts from a longer story
excerpt = a short part from a longer story
excerpt = a short part from a longer story