Example sentences for: excerpted

How can you use “excerpted” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But the AARP fiercely complained that the excerpted quotations were not true to the organization's letter--which did not take sides against Clinton.

  • If Wagner's operas can be excerpted for concert performance, and Stravinsky's ballet scores have a life of their own, why can't the soundtrack jettison its celluloid ballast and soar?

  • Last summer, Finkelstein published an article with the lurid title "Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's 'Crazy' Thesis" in the British New Left Review . Shortly afterward, it was excerpted in the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel and in Italy's Panorama . Goldhagen promptly denounced Finkelstein as a supporter of Hamas, a radical Islamic Palestinian group.

  • Last year a Times Magazine piece titled "Broadway Is Dead; Long Live Broadway" excerpted quotes from the paper's greatest drama critics--such as Walter Kerr and Frank Rich.

  • A spotty paraphrase of the allegations appeared in a Nov. 13, 1996, article in the Philippine newspaper Isyu . Titled "Eat Your Clothes, Mr. Racist Designer," the piece has been excerpted on the Official Philippine Anti-Tommy Hilfiger site.


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