How to Use memoir in a Sentence

memoir

noun
  • He has written a memoir of his mother.
  • Who has the No. 1 celebrity memoir of the past 10 years?
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The first half of the quote became the title of her 2019 memoir.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The first half of the quote became the title of her 2019 memoir.
    Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The first half of the quote became the title of her 2019 memoir.
    Meg Kinnard, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The first half of the quote became the title of her 2019 memoir.
    Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • That’s in some ways the central question of the memoir.
    Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • Based on the 1989 memoir, Rossi says it’s not about a celebrity.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The legendary actor’s memoir on playing the Fonz and so much more.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • What would a memoir written in the Malcolm-style be like?
    Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Roy Clay, Sr. was one of them with his memoir that was published last year.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023
  • The memoir details the life story of the first Black woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
    Essence, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Last year, Trohman released his memoir, None of This Rocks.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 18 Jan. 2023
  • There were mixed responses to the book and his memoirs were turned into a movie.
    Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2024
  • The only person who gets thrown under the bus in this [makes air quotes] tell-all memoir is me.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Tyler’s lawyers now claim the memoir is protected as free speech.
    Vulture, 3 May 2023
  • The actress recalled going on a few dates with Michael in her memoir.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • And Walt Mossberg was supposed to write his memoir, right?
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Part two of the memoir is expected to be published next year.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
  • This memoir is filled with delicious recipes your MIL will want to try in her kitchen.
    Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • In his memoir, Harry talks about taking psychedelics to deal with his grief over the death of his mother.
    Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Davis also wrote about the killing in his memoir Compton Street Legend in 2019.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
  • McDonough will also be signing copies of his memoir about the tragedy.
    Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2023
  • Don’t hold your breath for Curtis to follow suit with her own memoir, though.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Closer to home, Biden has started on the outline for his memoirs.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
  • In his memoir Source Code, Bill Gates explains a great deal about his early years.
    Jonathan Wai, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Courteney Cox hasn't read Spare, Prince Harry's memoir, yet.
    Town & Country, 27 Feb. 2023
  • In her new memoir, Streisand describes the risks involved in making Yentl.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2023
  • There’s more: These four new memoirs invite us to sit with the pleasures and pains of family.
    Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Your memoir went pretty deep into the worst period of Eddie’s life.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025

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