personal narrative
Example Sentences
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David rapidly translated his Roman experiences into a personal narrative style that distills physical action into a minutely detailed frozen moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
"These facial depictions also encourage the audience to understand ancient remains as people rather than artefacts, and to establish a connection through personal narrative rather than a wider population history," she adds.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025
Eric Adams' personal narrative is a remarkable American story, by any standard.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2024
As much as this was about her belief in Harris’ political project, it was about her taking control of a threatened personal narrative, much as she does throughout “The Tortured Poets Department.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024
Dropping now the personal narrative, let us in the briefest sketch, follow that plucky little regiment under its peerless commanders.
From Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry by Fuller, Charles Augustus