How to Use anecdote in a Sentence

anecdote

noun
  • He told us all sorts of humorous anecdotes about his childhood.
  • That’s not a feel-good anecdote.
    — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • If a friend tries to tell you that same anecdote as last week?
    — Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022
  • And Jon is great for those kinds of anecdotes.
    — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
  • And perhaps none more so than this next anecdote from the piece.
    — Jack Moore, GQ, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Many of his life stories and anecdotes can be found in his films.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • My favorite anecdote about him is from the first day of fall camp.
    — Erin Sorensen, ajc, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Right, these crazy anecdotes about these people that hit him.
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Many of these anecdotes aren’t based in research.
    — Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Rosé shared an anecdote about being asked her what her fear in life is.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025
  • These are not anecdotes but lifelines.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Even anecdotes weren’t safe from critique.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The numbers match the anecdotes.
    — Essence, 19 Dec. 2025
  • My days at home with my daughter were full of emotion yet anecdote-less.
    — Jenny Offill, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2020
  • But this story is more than a charming anecdote.
    — Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Carl looked away, and the anecdote sounds the final note of the chapter.
    — Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
  • So this has now produced 20 hours of dork anecdotes.
    — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
  • How's that for an anecdote that, in a few short words, takes you to the heart of the matter?
    — Nicholas Varchaver, Fortune, 21 May 2017
  • Such anecdotes amount to an indictment of the times.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
  • The anecdote was greeted with a chorus of laughs.
    — Devin Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • But the plural of anecdote is not data.
    — Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But the plural of anecdote is not data.
    — Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
  • That, too, seems to be the case in Olathe, based on anecdotes from students.
    — Adam Darby, kansascity.com, 30 Apr. 2017
  • At what point in your work did that hit you that this anecdote is so symbolic of his life?
    — Brendan O'Meara, Longreads, 20 June 2022
  • The data speaks more harshly than any anecdote.
    — Yermys Pena, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • An anecdote you’ve never been prompted to share?
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Scripts, any treatments, any anecdotes — that’s always the first step.
    — Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2024
  • There were a lot of conflicting anecdotes.
    — Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The anecdote ended up somewhere in the back end of the story.
    — Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The emails also put an anecdote from Attia’s book in a dark new light.
    — Sarah Digregorio, Vanity Fair, 5 Feb. 2026

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