How to Use chronicle in a Sentence

chronicle

1 of 2 noun
  • The drunk night chronicle is a glimpse of where their sound is going.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The video above is the chronicle of what happened in the words of Browns fans.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022
  • This is the third film in Lifetime’s chronicle of their love story.
    — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Follow along as Diller and Chen chronicle their day.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The list acts as a sort of chronicle of the decades worth of newsworthy things that took place during this one weird year.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Of course, there were hundreds, if not thousands, of the chronicles of whites and their exploits in the slave trade.
    — Angela Helm, The Root, 10 May 2018
  • The bus tour has since been cast as a chronicle of an insurrection foretold.
    — New York Times, 19 July 2022
  • Below, a brief chronicle of the women who spoke truth to power this year and rocked the status quo.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2018
  • The result is a chronicle that, while not overtly dull, never quite makes a reader’s pulse race.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 13 July 2021
  • The five-part docuseries chronicles the long and complex story of the human species.
    — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Powers said the play is not a documentary-style chronicle of events.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Morgan Neville’s movie is more than just a chronicle of Rogers’s career.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2018
  • Only the names and the outcomes change, which makes the movie’s chronicle of what happens this time around that much more moving.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2023
  • Rather than chronicle months in its characters' lives, the show's entire first season took place over the course of one day.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • None of those is a chronicle of cancer, the subject of most illness memoirs today.
    — Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The crux of the film is the chronicle of how Frank’s loyalties and principles are put to the test.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2019
  • But the film is also a chronicle of dreams dashed and careers brutally sidelined.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • McDougall’s chronicle ends in the current era.
    — Marina Harss, New Yorker, 3 June 2026
  • And there’s some of this feeling in the letters and chronicles left by Spanish warriors.
    — Greg Grandin september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • There are very few icons in the chronicles of the Chinese struggle against state repression.
    — Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The jumbles that unfold in the show chronicle familiar themes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Check out our chronicle of all the outlandish gadgets at CES.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 7 Jan. 2022
  • While more than Less Than Zero, this down-slide chronicle is less than compelling.
    — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Such writerly panache is the true saving grace of Mr Orange’s chronicle.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • The film turned out to be both a vehicle for, and a chronicle of, the family’s self-therapy.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2022
  • He was well known for his books on the drug trade and chronicles of life in a state where cartels came to be seen as big business and benefactors of the poor.
    — David Agren, Washington Post, 16 May 2017
  • Federal court records made public Monday chronicle the chain of events that led to the massive bust.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 14 Feb. 2022
  • But while the chronicle of the stripping of hers is heartbreaking, its lessons are surprisingly few.
    — Katie Hafner, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
  • It was noted even in that chronicle of the rich and famous, Vanity Fair.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 2 June 2022
  • Her chronicles of her day to day were shot through with comments about her fears of going to school and living with the constant threat of violence.
    — Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Teen Vogue, 16 Dec. 2019

chronicle

2 of 2 verb
  • She intends to chronicle the broad social changes that have occurred in this part of the country.
  • The book chronicles the events that led to the American Civil War.
  • In the pit was a tape on which the boys chronicled their plot.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • There’s even a TV show that chronicles some of them.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The fallout from their split was chronicled on a season of the show.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • No place to chronicle the exploits of the beloved high school hockey teams.
    — Richard Fausset, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • No place to chronicle the exploits of the beloved high school hockey teams.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 2 Aug. 2019
  • It is well chronicled there has not been much winning before or since.
    — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The show did chronicle the times that it was shot in and some of the issues that were dealt with at those times.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Offit has chronicled the rise and fall of many of those products in his books and blog posts.
    — Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
  • O’Hara sometimes seems to be chronicling the life of an anthill.
    — Jamie James, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2019
  • The show chronicles her life’s journey and dealing with ableism.
    — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The report chronicles the binge day by day, and can be read in its entirety here.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2014
  • This book chronicles how one woman learned to face her troubles and overcome them.
    — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, 13 Aug. 2019
  • It's built around a small story set in a small town and chronicling the small-time life of a small-time nobody.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 23 May 2018
  • There has been a reckoning of sorts for those who have chronicled the rise of these culinary stars.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The tips of the jets are the oldest part, with the young star's life chronicled in the long extent of the jets.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • His goal is to bring back a core, an arm’s-length sample of a coral colony that chronicles decades of its lifetime.
    — Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 6 June 2018
  • The lawsuit chronicles the last years of John Amos’ life.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
  • True showcased some dance moves during a spa day at home, chronicled by Khloe.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Boston’s rise as the biotech capital of the world has been well-chronicled.
    — Bill Sibold, STAT, 3 June 2018
  • Walsh felt Zagaris’ photos would help chronicle his time with the team.
    — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Little of this would be chronicled on her social media feeds.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Read more about baseball’s legends and the writers who chronicle them here.
    — Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Hank Kennedy chronicles the Nazi war on cartoons.
    — Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
  • Hank Kennedy chronicles the Nazi war on cartoons.
    — Literary Hub, 9 May 2026
  • In all, the leaks—which are archived here—chronicle almost two years’ worth of the group’s inner workings.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The series will also chronicle the launch of her new album, which is set to release next year.
    — Ej Panaligan, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022
  • And Semafor will be there to chronicle the journey.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The film also chronicles the time Hersh got involved in a scandal of his own.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025

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