extract from

Frequency: 9.235.1 per million words

used to indicate the source of a passage (e.g., a book)

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Examples (10)

  • The teacher read a brief extract from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
  • This extract from the novel shows the author's writing style.
  • He quoted an interesting extract from the research paper.
  • The newspaper published a short extract from the upcoming biography.
  • Students analyzed an extract from Dickens' Great Expectations.
  • The anthology includes a beautiful extract from her poetry collection.
  • We discussed a controversial extract from the historical document.
  • The review featured a compelling extract from the new memoir.
  • She read aloud a moving extract from the war diary.
  • The magazine printed a fascinating extract from the travel book.