How to Use anecdotal in a Sentence

anecdotal

adjective

• At best, the answers were anecdotal, so Olezeski set out to learn more.
  — courant.com, 1 Mar. 2022
• Much of this reporting comes from anecdotal success since the tech has not yet caught up.
  — Norma Watenpaugh, Forbes, 10 June 2022
• Jackman is one of 30 people who had lived on the streets in the Salem area who died in the past 14 months, according to anecdotal accounts.
  — Saphara Harrell, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2021
• One of the sort of benchmark stories about misuse of Wegovy is the anecdotal story about Elon Musk.
  — Sheila Cosgrove Baylis, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
• Some gays left the city, although the facts of that are more anecdotal than empirical.
  — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2021
• So anyway, and a fair amount of sort of anecdotal market research on it and then the numbers sort of spoke for themselves.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 May 2024
• So far, much of the evidence of the success or failure of the new ordinance is anecdotal.
  — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
• The album is full of the anecdotal bars that made Von a star, along with some of his most vulnerable moments on record.
  — Dewayne Gage, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2022
• But anecdotal evidence and a bit of mom-sense can tell us a lot about what might be happening.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2021
• The study offers anecdotal evidence of these problems from around the world.
  — Ashley Stimpson, Wired, 13 May 2021
• All of the above merely amounts to a compendium of signs and anecdotal evidence that point to the strong likelihood of the return.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Apr. 2022
• And although this is purely anecdotal, the treatment technique has helped friends of mine.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 6 May 2021
• Mario Williams, a civil rights lawyer in Atlanta, said Flores has a strong case because his claims are not just anecdotal.
  — NBC News, 3 Feb. 2022
• In thousands of anecdotal stories, this is exactly the case.
  — Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
• There are plenty of anecdotal examples to back up each side.
  — Tami Luhby, CNN, 3 June 2021
• Plus, there’s a lot of anecdotal support for this hack: Dr. Baker says many of her patients swear by it, for example.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 20 Mar. 2024
• What evidence did exist as to the unique dangers of switchblades at the time bans were imposed appears to have been anecdotal.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
• That may be purely anecdotal, but nonetheless the stage was set for a truly special Test match.
  — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• There have been anecdotal reports that pets or livestock have been sickened.
  — Patrick Orsagos, ajc, 17 Feb. 2023
• There were anecdotal accounts of airplanes trailing a fine white spray.
  — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2021
• The connection is mostly anecdotal at this point, but lots of people feel the urge to run to the bathroom pretty soon after their morning cup of joe.
  — Sarah Bradley, Women's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
• In any case, anecdotal evidence points to the effect that the most recent Russian invasion has had on the Finnish psyche.
  — Gordon F. Sander, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2022
• Many research studies and anecdotal stories speak to the prevalence of these problems.
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2021
• To this point, Payne’s impact on the program has been apparent but mostly anecdotal.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 26 May 2022
• Rice leaves to readers the task of connecting his anecdotal stories to the breaking of America.
  — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022
• There are no hard data to ground what amounts to anecdotal observation.
  — Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
• But for all their anecdotal success, the programs still have some ways to go before their impact is measurable.
  — New York Times, 7 July 2022
• The rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant ahead of the holidays has sparked the surge -- and there has been anecdotal evidence over the past week of test shortages at stores across the country.
  — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 21 Dec. 2021
• Last year’s games in Las Vegas seemed a bit more intense than an average game, but that’s only anecdotal.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
• And while there are widespread anecdotal reports about secular Israelis drawing closer to religion after Oct. 7, data has not confirmed a broader trend.
  — Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024