How to Use anonymous in a Sentence

anonymous

adjective

• He made an anonymous phone call to the police.
• The reporter got an anonymous tip.
• His was just another anonymous face in the crowd.
• The donor wishes to remain anonymous.
• The college received an anonymous gift.
• An anonymous buyer purchased the painting.
• And one of the best ways to report that is to have an anonymous tip line.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 May 2022
• Agents made a tape and sent it to King with an anonymous note.
  — The Economist, 8 June 2019
• Most of the sources are anonymous, and their faces are blurred or left out of the camera frame.
  — Camille Caldera, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020
• Would putting an anonymous note in her house in-box be rude?
  — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2019
• Has it been shared with you who called in that anonymous tip at the end of the latest season?
  — Tom Philip, GQ, 20 Dec. 2017
• The pre-teens and teenagers answered, and some asked to remain anonymous.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 8 Dec. 2023
• First came the Instagram post, then came the hate speech and anonymous phone calls.
  — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021
• And the tie-ups, which tend to be anonymous, are expanding.
  — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
• Then, an anonymous call alerted police to a body by the creek.
  — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
• Most of the allegations are from anonymous sources but a few are on the record.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• Most of the allegations are from anonymous sources, but a few are on the record.
  — David Brandt, ajc, 4 Nov. 2021
• The extinction of a species at sea is far more anonymous than on land.
  — Nick Pyenson, Smithsonian, 26 Oct. 2017
• Anonymous emails can be sent via www.sdcrimestoppers.org.
  — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 July 2017
• What is the best way to stay private, secure and anonymous while browsing the web?
  — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2024
• What is the best way to stay private, secure, and anonymous while browsing the web?
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
• The votes were anonymous, but not one judge favored throwing out the health-care law.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 13 Oct. 2020
• Sotheby’s said that the anonymous owner of the work decided to pull it from the sale.
  — Katya Kazakina, Bloomberg.com, 17 May 2017
• The names of all children who contact the office, like the eight-year-old boy, are kept anonymous.
  — Claudia Blumer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2018
• The Chinese of the gold-rush era are mostly anonymous to us today.
  — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
• Meanwhile, a threat from an anonymous source was made on Van Paassen’s life.
  — Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2023
• This report was based on anonymous sources claiming that things had been rocky for the pair.
  — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 15 Apr. 2020
• But then some books are anonymous, and some books don’t make sense without others in the same genre, and . . .
  — Washington Post, 19 June 2021
• Tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous and could lead to a cash reward.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 4 Aug. 2020
• Over a four-hour shift, the van sees about 60 people, who remain anonymous.
  — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 6 May 2024