How to Use diary in a Sentence

diary

noun
  • Delays gave extra time to get work done or write in my diary.
    Robin Raven, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Hairston holds the diary her mother left in the hospital room for visitors.
    Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2022
  • No one says of Knausgård or Kerouac, like: bro, keep your diary to yourself.
    ELLE, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The rich woman's daughter, who tipped off Project Veritas about the diary.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Keeping a diary can help identify the triggers for a person with this condition.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Peter Hall and Richard Eyre both left diaries that recorded suicidal thoughts.
    Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The boat was in perfect condition, with all of the contents, including Bessie’s diary, intact.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Once Project Veritas learned about the diary in early September, the group sought to acquire it.
    New York Times, 20 Mar. 2022
  • So how did Ashley Biden's personal diary become a political tool?
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2022
  • After connecting with each other, Gareth reveals a family diary written in Italian that contains secrets of his past.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The Van Allens and their pals seem to have nothing else in mind, or in the diary, but makin’ whoopee—swimming parties, dancing parties, and lawn parties, with guests crawling along on all fours.
    The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Smith, who described the experience in his diary, was adopted by the Mohawk and underwent a similar ceremony, even down to the language that was used.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2022
  • A lot of these men need to replace the mics with a diary and some friends.
    Malaika Jabali, Essence, 31 Dec. 2023
  • John Adams discussed the grapevine in his diary in 1775.
    Robin Rose Parker, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
  • While hiding from the Nazis, the young girl filled the pages of her now-iconic diary.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • The small 93-page diary was set aside in a box in his Bergenfield attic.
    Megan Burrow, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • The diary records the everyday life of London clerk Charles Pooter over the course of 15 months.
    The Week Uk, theweek, 28 June 2024
  • The diary was the favorite gift that Anne received for her 13th birthday.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • To the person who stole my diary and then died: My thoughts are with your family.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But the Post said the diary was found by Mary Richardson Kennedy sometime before her death.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Parker skilfully synthesises the raw material of history – newspapers, diaries, letters – and a story emerges of a community with its own culture and language, thriving despite unjust laws and moral panics.
    The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Nov. 2024

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