diary

Example Sentences

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The students passed around tissues as Stafford shared Cynthia’s diary with the class.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Zadie Smith quit keeping a diary because the exercise made her feel phony and self-conscious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

My great-grandmother’s diary reveals a girl ecstatic to grow corn for our troops.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

At one point, she compiled a diary of her husband's behaviour to show his consultant, but says she was offered no help for her welfare or any advice on changing his medication.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

“This long series of rapids...has knocked a little of the cocksuredness out of Rondon...He has been discouraged and gloomy,” Cherrie wrote in his diary.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple