personal anecdote

Example Sentences

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The ceremony and benefit dinner featured special guest Oprah Winfrey, who used a personal anecdote to touch on the power of books to liberate “one page at a time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

Haley is reviving the personal anecdote she would give in South Carolina - almost verbatim.

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2023

Haley is reviving the personal anecdote she would give in South Carolina — almost verbatim.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

In many cases, for holistic medicine practices, "the personal anecdote seems just as powerful as citing a peer reviewed study," said Chelsea Platt, a sociologist at Park University in Missouri who studies wellness culture.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2020

He was very critical in the history of our great families, and had a taste for personal anecdote, even to the gossip of the circle.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac