How to Use documentary in a Sentence

documentary

1 of 2 adjective

• You must present documentary proof of your residence.
• Those guys are the best of the best in terms of the documentary realm.
  — Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
• It's read by a full cast and captures the documentary style of the novel.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 3 Mar. 2023
• That challenge is why it’s all being filmed by a documentary crew.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
• The documentary categories are a lot more cut and dry.
  — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026
• The main connective tissue with the old show is the documentary crew.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
• There are so many people in the documentary space, looking at any and every story out there.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 June 2026
• Search had been a central figure in the documentary scene in Britain and beyond for years.
  — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• Amazon, sources say, also froze documentary rights for the story.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2023
• In the midst of a golden age for documentary films, there is no shortage of docs worthy of being seen and discussed.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2022
• In the final round the documentary opt-in chapter votes to determine the winning film.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
• With the hours, the time constraints, having the documentary crew there, everyone had to do double the work.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 17 July 2023
• That’s what very much happened to Nev in real life, as chronicled in the documentary film.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
• In our mind, the biggest crossover character was the documentary crew.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
• The first three episodes of their first documentary series — an intimate look at their personal lives — was released this week.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2022
• There’s this earnest documentary filmmaking side and real-life storytelling, all that stuff.
  — William Earl, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
• At that gala, those documentary-feature people could actually be the honorees at the gala.
  — Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
• The Sons of Sam is a documentary series about obsession.
  — Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
• Applicants must be 40 years or older and willing to be filmed for the documentary-style series.
  — Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
• There's that wealth of documentary evidence.
  — Adam England, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
• That against-the-odds spirit is what the documentary crew latches onto as the thread tying their story together.
  — Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• The premise of the show is that the same documentary-film crew has now turned its lens on a struggling newspaper in Toledo, Ohio.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
• The case is now the subject of the documentary film The Perfect Neighbor.
  — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
• Members of the documentary branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
  — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
• Come See Me in the Good Light as its documentary centerpiece film.
  — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
• Read full article Search had been a central figure in the documentary scene in Britain and beyond for years.
  — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
• So adding fiction felt more truthful than trying to observe everything in a purely documentary way.
  — Jd Linville, Variety, 15 May 2026
• Since the mid-aughts, there have been documentary films, books and multiple CD and vinyl record reissues of the group’s music.
  — Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2023
• The documentary crew that filmed The Office seemingly can’t get enough of paper.
  — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
• The film is also shortlisted for documentary feature film, which suggests broad support.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2025

documentary

2 of 2 noun

• We watched a documentary on the early history of jazz.
• Some of the stars have made documentaries about their teams.
  — NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
• But that doesn’t come through in this documentary at all.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
• But documentaries are more than just news.
  — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
• In the last few years, documentary has replaced that part of my life.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
• Now this is the way to make a music documentary.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
• There’s so much vintage footage of you all in this documentary.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
• The case spawned a pair of documentary projects, released eight days apart.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
• And that movie was a documentary.
  — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
• The documentary casts a wider net.
  — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
• The trailer for the documentary can be seen here.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
• That's one of my favorite things about the documentary.
  — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
• Now comes a documentary that is attempting to do it once more.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
• The Short documentary is one of many fresh flicks on streaming this week.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 May 2026
• Did Bob Iger give you any notes on the documentary?
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026
• He's always been a fighter and talks in his documentary about how life's like a fight.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
• Steel said about his customers in the documentary.
  — Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
• Some of those questions may well be answered in her new documentary.
  — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
• In all, more than a dozen documentaries and short-film packages are on the lineup.
  — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
• Walt told Goff in the documentary.
  — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
• Her net worth is comprised of book deals, speeches, and her documentary.
  — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 30 Jan. 2026
• Here's a documentary miniseries that hits a little close to home.
  — PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
• Richards asks in the documentary.
  — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• View a still from the documentary below.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
• That’s not unheard of in a documentary.
  — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
• Thus the set-up is complete and the audience is well primed for the last part of this documentary.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
• One of the things that struck me about the documentary was just how strong your parents’ bond was right up until the end.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
• His brood briefly appears in the documentary.
  — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
• Like the record, the documentary was unplanned.
  — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
• O’Day hadn’t planned to watch the documentary.
  — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026