How to Use memoir in a Sentence

memoir

noun
  • He has written a memoir of his mother.
  • The first half of the quote became the title of her 2019 memoir.
    Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • That’s in some ways the central question of the memoir.
    Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • The legendary actor’s memoir on playing the Fonz and so much more.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • What would a memoir written in the Malcolm-style be like?
    Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Roy Clay, Sr. was one of them with his memoir that was published last year.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023
  • The memoir details the life story of the first Black woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
    Essence, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Last year, Trohman released his memoir, None of This Rocks.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 18 Jan. 2023
  • There were mixed responses to the book and his memoirs were turned into a movie.
    Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2024
  • The only person who gets thrown under the bus in this [makes air quotes] tell-all memoir is me.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Tyler’s lawyers now claim the memoir is protected as free speech.
    Vulture, 3 May 2023
  • The actress recalled going on a few dates with Michael in her memoir.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • And Walt Mossberg was supposed to write his memoir, right?
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Part two of the memoir is expected to be published next year.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
  • This memoir is filled with delicious recipes your MIL will want to try in her kitchen.
    Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • In his memoir, Harry talks about taking psychedelics to deal with his grief over the death of his mother.
    Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Davis also wrote about the killing in his memoir Compton Street Legend in 2019.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
  • McDonough will also be signing copies of his memoir about the tragedy.
    Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2023
  • Courteney Cox hasn't read Spare, Prince Harry's memoir, yet.
    Town & Country, 27 Feb. 2023
  • In her new memoir, Streisand describes the risks involved in making Yentl.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2023
  • There’s more: These four new memoirs invite us to sit with the pleasures and pains of family.
    Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • That is a memoir by Kang Chol-hwan about the North Korean gulag.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Pence’s office features a large mahogany desk, on which lie a stack of his memoirs and an open Bible.
    Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 16 May 2024
  • At readings of her memoir, Hit So Hard, fans often tell her the band’s music saved them.
    Candace Hansen, SPIN, 12 Apr. 2024
  • In his memoir, Johnson narrates his youth in height-weight stats, as in a gym diary.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Ghostface is the latest member of Wu-Tang to get personal and share his story in the form of a memoir.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Staying in 📚 Six memoirs to put you in a Palestinian’s shoes.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • But Vance praises them in his memoir and elsewhere for sticking it out.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The memoirs and photos Tatum, the family organizer, stored in her room, were lost to the flames.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Allan’s memoir, which recounts the performance, was released last year.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025

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