Can using an exact sentence from your content as meta description hurt?

[Travis-W]

Hi Mozzers!

I'm uploading some press releases and the first sentence makes a perfect meta description.  Would using the exact same wording ever hurt my rankings?

Thanks!

[Chris.Menke]

Nope.  Your description should help enhance your click through rate, though, so orient it towards a call to action.

[evolvingSEO]

Agreed, thanks for chiming in Chris!

[WilliamCarr]

This wont hurt at all. In fact, Google often uses a snippet from your content as the meta description.

With a meta description, your goal is to optimize for a click. So for that reason, the first sentence may not be you're best option.

[Robert_G]

OK, now you don't want some very aggressive call to action sentence. I'd try to avoid words like "best", "leading" etc.

Try to describe what your website offers in a sentence.