How to Use anecdote in a Sentence

anecdote

noun

• He told us all sorts of humorous anecdotes about his childhood.
• Any competent science reporter knows anecdotes are not data and that one dramatic story proves nothing.
  — Editor & Publisher, 4 Nov. 2002
• After sharing her short anecdote from her childhood, Brown ends the video with a statement on her approach to beauty.
  — Sara Miranda, Allure, 12 Jan. 2022
• In one of the book’s most telling anecdotes, a 14-year-old White is grounded by his mother after an argument.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
• This potency of the emotion is such that a single anecdote can taint an entire presidential campaign.
  — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
• An anecdote that Montessori tells of this turning point in her life has to do with an orderly complaining that the children are dirty and food-obsessed.
  — Rivka Galchen, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
• Don’t just give the hack commentators an angle for criticism based on a couple of hazy anecdotes — troll them into writing even dumber columns.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
• Dear Trying: Your anecdote illustrates the point perfectly.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2022
• The president also loved anecdotes, continuing to repeat them even when confronted by evidence of their falsehood.
  — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
• It’s no guarantee, because for every moment like this, there are 10 others that loop me back to the beginning of this anecdote — the discomfort, monotony and frustrating effort.
  — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2022
• This anecdote is one of the many highlights of the night.
  — Anthony Bryant, Essence, 28 Mar. 2024
• Carl looked away, and the anecdote sounds the final note of the chapter.
  — Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
• How's that for an anecdote that, in a few short words, takes you to the heart of the matter?
  — Nicholas Varchaver, Fortune, 21 May 2017
• The anecdote ended up somewhere in the back end of the story.
  — Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• If a friend tries to tell you that same anecdote as last week?
  — Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022
• This anecdote is one of the book’s most telling moments.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 June 2020
• That, too, seems to be the case in Olathe, based on anecdotes from students.
  — Adam Darby, kansascity.com, 30 Apr. 2017
• In these contentious times, the anecdote for hate is love.
  — Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2020
• Many of the anecdotes and moments in the film are drawn from Stanton’s life.
  — Mark Olsen, latimes.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• The anecdotes in the book are as captivating as the maps.
  — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2019
• This opening anecdote sets the tone for the entire book.
  — Patia Braithwait, SELF, 22 June 2021
• And perhaps none more so than this next anecdote from the piece.
  — Jack Moore, GQ, 9 Oct. 2017
• My favorite anecdote about him is from the first day of fall camp.
  — Erin Sorensen, ajc, 13 Sep. 2017
• Which brings up one anecdote that read as a false note?
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• Many of his life stories and anecdotes can be found in his films.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
• But the syndrome is new, and lives for the moment in the realm of theory and anecdote.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
• Use that anecdote as the frame for what’s about to go down in Corvallis.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2021
• Over the years, the anecdotes became quite a collection.
  — al, 9 Feb. 2020
• The anecdote is amusing to McElroy now, not so much then.
  — Brent Zwerneman, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2019
• Find a telling anecdote about your 17 years on this planet.
  — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024