Excerpt used in a sentence

Excerpt in a sentence as a noun

We are going to play 2 excerpts from the report that aired on ABC’s 20/20 on March 13th, 1998.

The [Y] icon already tells me the tab points to Hacker News, so an excerpt of the title would help more than the site name.

FYI Two days ago there was a very extensive discussion on a Salon article which was an excerpt of this book:Why did you shoot me?

Below is an excerpt from a study published by microfinance analyst Daniel Rozas.

Excerpt in a sentence as a verb

Here's a small excerpt:"The particular oscillations meant the spacecraft was bathed in plasma more than 40 times denser than what they had encountered in the outer layer of the heliosphere.

It is worse than you think, here is a small excerpt about Florida students: In Florida, students have been arrested for bringing a plastic butter knife to school, throwing an eraser, and drawing a picture of a gun.

Before claiming the victim was another Snowden/whistleblower, you might want to read this excerpt from the article:"The source indicated that Williams' work to disrupt the Russian mafia could have put him at risk".