How to Use memoir in a Sentence

memoir

noun
  • He has written a memoir of his mother.
  • This is very much not a memoir.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • The book of memoirs did not hold back.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But yeah, that was one for the memoirs.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 29 May 2026
  • Tell me more about your memoir.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Oh, and his memoir is out in two months.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Michael plans to write a second book, this one a memoir.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • This memoir is an act of purging.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
  • There are a lot of divorce memoirs.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The memoir was published two years ago.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 1 May 2026
  • Pépin’s memoir is a sneaky pleasure, too.
    — Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The book is on track to be one of the best-selling memoirs of this year.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The two had coauthored the memoir.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Bloomberg Malala Yousafzai has a new memoir on the way.
    — Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • John Prine never had a chance to write his own memoir.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Is there an extent to which memoir writing is like this too?
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Yusuf first announced the memoir back in May.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Lee was open in his memoir about his own addiction and abuse.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The first two chapters of this book are sort of a divorce memoir.
    — Morgan Jerkins, ELLE, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Harris doesn’t end her memoir with a tidy message of hope.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The memoirs; the second volume is still a work in progress.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
  • These celebrity memoirs take the art of telling all to the next level.
    — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026
  • Writing my memoir would be my coda, my truth.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Writing my memoir would be my coda, my truth.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Her latest book, Joyride, is a memoir.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • What compelled you to write this memoir in essays?
    — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Tyler’s lawyers now claim the memoir is protected as free speech.
    — Vulture, 3 May 2023
  • This is a memoir of a different kind.
    — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • Guests were also gifted copies of her memoir.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The memoir also is a study of the history of the n-word.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 9 June 2026

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