pull-quote

American  

[pool-kwoht] / ˈpʊlˌkwoʊt /

noun

1. (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.

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Example Sentences

Unless, that is, you're Louis Walsh, who gave Cragg an unforgettable pull-quote for the dust jacket.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023

Day apologetically resisted McKinnon’s attempts to compare her to him: “If you could maybe not lump us together, I just can’t have that be the pull-quote from this interview,” he said.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2018

“Not bullets, not bombs! Armor is impenetrable!” is a great pull-quote, even if it’s unclear which of the joint chiefs said it, or why he or she was speaking in sentence fragments.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2018

“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