How to Use diary in a Sentence

diary

noun
  • A lot of these men need to replace the mics with a diary and some friends.
    Malaika Jabali, Essence, 31 Dec. 2023
  • In the next swipe, Bieber appeared in the Burn Book — a diary used to trash talk members of the student body.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Here, the actor shares a photo diary of his time in D.C.
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Your awful ex-boyfriend might leak your diaries to The New York Times.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
  • And then there are those diaries that attempt to strip her own books bare.
    Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Ahead, see her photo diary from the most fashionable week of the year.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In her diary from 1975, the victim believed Zandstra was the suspect at the time, the release said.
    Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • In her diary, Franke reveals in-depth what her children were forced to go through.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Then one fine Monday, someone puts in a last-minute call in your diary.
    Anjali Chhabra, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • One of the most well-known was Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager immortalized in the pages of her diary.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The diary can help a provider figure out what might be causing your nocturia.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 13 Mar. 2023
  • As Sheppard recalled in her diary, the troupe left the hotel with the mob still in tow and walked to the railroad stop, where the choir began to sing a hymn.
    Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Excerpts from the diary and letter are read in voice-over by actors.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Hellman says the ink may now be in the database, which could help accurately date the diary.
    Jacque Smith, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Make sure to update your diary every day of the week, including the weekend.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Make sure to update your diary every day of the week – including the weekend.
    Hannah Coates, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Submit your dinner diary here for a chance to be featured.
    Bhg Editors, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Jan. 2024
  • This is last February’s diary entry and my way of making sense of it.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 5 May 2023
  • That night, one resident, Evgen Markevych, 86, put his thoughts down in his diary.
    Marc Santora Emile Ducke, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Friendship has risen from the secret diary entries of teenage girls and entered the public zeitgeist.
    Diana Ruzova, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • In the end, his children didn’t need to find out what happened to their father on that terrifying night from the video diaries on his iPhone.
    Whitney Shefte, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In the article, the Times quotes from private diary entries that Ellison wrote in Google Docs.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 26 July 2023
  • The diary features keepsakes collected from the rubble in Gaza.
    Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • There’s enough magic in the unfiltered candor of a teen girl’s diary entries to keep her fans wanting more.
    Ilana Kaplan, Spin, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Anne Frank House, the museum in the house of the 15 year old girl and Holocaust victim whose diaries give a unique insight into the horrors of war, is moments from the Pulitzer.
    Duncan Madden, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The daily diaries also note some screenings the White House projectionist wouldn’t have been aware of.
    Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This feature, whether as a dog diary recap or as security footage sent to the cloud, can be a fun way to keep track of the comings and goings of your pet.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • And that’s where my diary entry concluded, with an image and a feeling that’s remained with me for years.
    Celine Saintclare, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2024
  • But her diaries, like Nightingale’s, tell a more nuanced story.
    Sarah Gristwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • So wrote Henry David Thoreau in his diary on an early August day in 1851.
    Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023

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