Examples of chronicle in a Sentence

Noun a chronicle of the American Civil War a chronicle of the President's years in office Verb The book chronicles the events that led to the American Civil War. She intends to chronicle the broad social changes that have occurred in this part of the country. a magazine that chronicles the lives of the rich and famous

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun It was born, like Rolling Stone, from the counterculture of the late 1960s and was created to chronicle and reflect its evolution — and celebrate it — smashing up politics and dress and the politics of dress with a sly sense of fun. — New York Times, "The Magazine That Invented Street Style," 21 Apr. 2021 Locals’ photos and video footage chronicle the city’s familiar sights—the Golden Gate Bridge, Oracle Park, undeterred commuter traffic flowing down the highways—rendered alien and vaguely hostile by the persimmon glow. — Kelsey Rexroat, The New Yorker, "The Day the San Francisco Sky Turned Orange," 20 Apr. 2021 The often cringe-inducing chronicle of the aspiring, neurotic rapper who can't stop oversharing about his underwhelming qualities is slated to return on June 16 at 10 p.m. on FXX with two episodes and stream the next day on FX on Hulu. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, "Season Two of Lil Dicky's 'Dave' to Feature Lil Nas X, Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner," 20 Apr. 2021 Projects on the 20201 Oscars ballot chronicle Black strife and resilience and speak to Black creativity, beauty, and unity. — Keyaira Boone, Essence, "11 Films To Watch Before The Oscars On April 25," 19 Apr. 2021 While Atlantic Crossing has been compared to Netflix's The Crown, a multi-season chronicle of Queen Elizabeth's reign, the Masterpiece PBS series was always planned to be one season, and tells a complete story. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "Will Atlantic Crossing Get a Season 2?," 12 Apr. 2021 Footage recorded by passengers and crew provide an intimate chronicle of events. — Tribune News Service, cleveland, "Christopher Meloni’s return to ‘SVU’ and ‘Snowpiercer’ finale top this week’s TV picks," 28 Mar. 2021 This is the third film in Lifetime’s chronicle of their love story. — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, "Lifetime to Cover Harry and Meghan’s Royal Exit in a Third Film," 24 Mar. 2021 To better chronicle Avicii’s career, Mosesson also retraced some of Bergling’s global journey, venturing from Stockholm, Sweden, to EDM hotspots like Miami, Ibiza, and Los Angeles. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, "Avicii Biography to Be Published in November," 6 Apr. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Jordan shares some excellent tales, some from his childhood that highlight his family and others that chronicle his life in Hollywood. — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, "Leslie Jordan Shares How Debbie Reynolds Once Called His Mama in New Book, How Y'all Doing?," 28 Apr. 2021 Does Caitlyn Jenner already have a reality show lined up that will chronicle her campaign for governor? — Zachary B. Wolf And Maeve Reston, CNN, "What Caitlyn Jenner's launch means for the brewing California recall," 24 Apr. 2021 But 15 residents vowed to stay and rebuild the village, and Hiroko Masuike, a New York Times photographer and Japanese native, traveled twice a year from New York over the past decade to chronicle their efforts. — New York Times, "A Destroyed Village and 10 Years of Hope," 8 Apr. 2021 Parler was used by supporters of former President Donald Trump to plan and chronicle the attack and hosted calls for civil war as Trump urged his followers to march on the Capitol. — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, "'Huge win for free speech,' Parler may soon return to iPhones, Apple App Store," 20 Apr. 2021 His lawyers’ regular updates chronicle his steady physical decline. — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, "Why Alexey Navalny Returned to Russia," 13 Apr. 2021 The aim is not to chronicle a history of South Asian art—there is no chronological order or mention of, say, the Company School or the Progressive Artists Group. — Lee Lawrence, WSJ, "Retelling the Story of a Subcontinent," 10 Apr. 2021 The books, which are untitled at the moment, will chronicle Pence's faith and his time as a public servant. — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, "Pence to write two-part autobiography published by Simon & Schuster," 7 Apr. 2021 The album and the documentary, Michael D. Ratner, chronicle the story of Lovato’s near-fatal overdose in 2018 and her subsequent path to healing. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, "Hear Demi Lovato’s Vulnerable New Song ‘Dancing With the Devil’," 26 Mar. 2021

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History and Etymology for chronicle

Noun

Middle English cronycle, borrowed from Anglo-French cronike, cronicle (-le perhaps by assimilation to words with the suffix -icle, as article article entry 1), borrowed from Latin chronica "book of annals," borrowed from Greek (tà) chroniká, (hai) chronikaí, from plural of chronikós "of time, temporal, in order by time" (with a noun such as biblía "books" or graphaí "writings" understood) — more at chronic

Verb

Middle English cronyclen, verbal derivative of cronycle chronicle entry 1

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