How to Use anecdote in a Sentence

anecdote

noun

• He told us all sorts of humorous anecdotes about his childhood.
• Any competent science reporter knows anecdotes are not data and that one dramatic story proves nothing.
  — Editor & Publisher, 4 Nov. 2002
• Carl looked away, and the anecdote sounds the final note of the chapter.
  — Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
• 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
• The anecdote ended up somewhere in the back end of the story.
  — Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• If a friend tries to tell you that same anecdote as last week?
  — Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022
• This anecdote is one of the book’s most telling moments.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 June 2020
• That, too, seems to be the case in Olathe, based on anecdotes from students.
  — Adam Darby, kansascity.com, 30 Apr. 2017
• In these contentious times, the anecdote for hate is love.
  — Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2020
• Many of the anecdotes and moments in the film are drawn from Stanton’s life.
  — Mark Olsen, latimes.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• The anecdotes in the book are as captivating as the maps.
  — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2019
• This opening anecdote sets the tone for the entire book.
  — Patia Braithwait, SELF, 22 June 2021
• And perhaps none more so than this next anecdote from the piece.
  — Jack Moore, GQ, 9 Oct. 2017
• My favorite anecdote about him is from the first day of fall camp.
  — Erin Sorensen, ajc, 13 Sep. 2017
• Which brings up one anecdote that read as a false note?
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• Many of his life stories and anecdotes can be found in his films.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
• But the syndrome is new, and lives for the moment in the realm of theory and anecdote.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
• Use that anecdote as the frame for what’s about to go down in Corvallis.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2021
• Over the years, the anecdotes became quite a collection.
  — al, 9 Feb. 2020
• The anecdote is amusing to McElroy now, not so much then.
  — Brent Zwerneman, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2019
• Find a telling anecdote about your 17 years on this planet.
  — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2017
• Soon Michelle had grabbed a seat at the table and was swapping travel anecdotes with the French boys.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
• But the anecdotes, many of them drawn from McMurtry’s own writing about his life, can feel like a shield.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Democrats will say it’s only an anecdote, but the anecdotes add up.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2022
• Right, these crazy anecdotes about these people that hit him.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 25 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Lance shared an anecdote about a speech made by Jason Sudeikis, the show’s lead and co-creator, on the last day of shooting.
  — Julie Vincent, Variety, 19 June 2023
• Diego Rubio was 10 years old when this anecdote took place.
  — Sam McDowell, kansascity, 16 June 2017
• Yet his monologue wasn’t only that: While Youssef’s comments about Palestine were clearly heartfelt and genuine, that anecdote ends with a joke about his buddy Brian’s dog.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2024
• Crain gave anecdotes of license plate-reading technology aiding in the arrests of suspects in shootings and lost children in his district.
  — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024