How to Use diary in a Sentence

diary

noun
  • Bolton kept diaries — that is not a crime.
    — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Scroll ahead to see a photo diary from the evening.
    — Mecca Pryor, Essence, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Her diary is her shell; her archive is her body.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • And then her parents find the diary.
    — Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Here are some dates for this year's moon-gazing diary.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • And then there are those diaries that attempt to strip her own books bare.
    — Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • A lot of these men need to replace the mics with a diary and some friends.
    — Malaika Jabali, Essence, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Check out her photo diary ahead.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • Delays gave extra time to get work done or write in my diary.
    — Robin Raven, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2022
  • This film is more a diary and also uses found footage.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
  • At the center of the novel is a diary.
    — Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
  • One of the stickers was placed over the diary held by the sculpture.
    — Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Keep a food diary for a few days and log trigger foods with some detail.
    — Holly Carter, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The big fear was that the Nazis are going to get hold of these diaries.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
  • Ford’s diary ends with questions.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Here, the star takes Vogue along for her evening with a special diary.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 17 May 2021
  • Let’s start this diary on Wednesday night.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The very long answer follows, in the form of my trail diary for those six days.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
  • The healthcare provider may ask about your sleep habits and request a sleep diary.
    — Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The literary diary is a strange form.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Xiao Sang sat at her desk writing in her diary.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Emails get left unanswered, and the few still at their desks can’t get a meeting in the diary.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The diary can help a provider figure out what might be causing your nocturia.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Excerpts from the diary and letter are read in voice-over by actors.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The duke now forgoes meat, fish and diary several days a week.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Each song on the project is deeply personal, as if taken from a page in her diary.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 11 Feb. 2021
  • The diary is short in its form, more like a notebook from their encounters.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Ahead, see her photo diary from the most fashionable week of the year.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Those views began to take shape — in the privacy of his teenage diary.
    — New York Times, 29 Dec. 2020
  • My paintings are sometimes like a diary or journal for me.
    — Adam Moss, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025

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