How to Use semi-autobiographical in a Sentence

semi-autobiographical

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• The movie is semi-autobiographical and is based on Travolta’s own first flight as a child.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
• The new series will retrace the steps of the Ingalls family as told in Wilder’s semi-autobiographical books.
  — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
• And the film is only semi-autobiographical and reflects some actual details about Prince among plenty of sheer fiction.
  — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
• Lexi, whose semi-autobiographical play caused an uproar in the second season, is an assistant to a showrunner played by Sharon Stone.
  — Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
• Keem reflects on his journey with a semi-autobiographical new album, but his performances lack spark and his warring pop star and rapper sensibilities work against him.
  — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 24 Feb. 2026
• Elwes played the father figure in Nick’s semi-autobiographical film about his struggles with addiction.
  — Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
• Simón’s film is semi-autobiographical; Jenkin’s couldn’t possibly be.
  — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 June 2026
• Those years — nights, sometimes weeks, sleeping outdoors — would later inform the script of Being Charlie, the semi-autobiographical film he co-wrote.
  — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
• Blue Heron is one of several semi-autobiographical films that reckons with a filmmaker’s troubled upbringing in relation to their early years as an artist.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
• Written during the pandemic, the semi-autobiographical film emerged, Branagh said, after the story had sat inside him for roughly 40 years.
  — Callum McLennan, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
• This classic semi-autobiographical novel follows a young girl named Francie Nolan growing up in Williamsburg at the turn of the century.
  — Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
• But how exactly does one tackle adapting Wilder’s beloved semi-autobiographical Little House books?
  — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2026
• His struggles with addiction are well documented and the subject of his semi-autobiographical film, Honey Boy.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
• When the novel was published, in 2009, Whitehead called it semi-autobiographical.
  — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
• Go Tell It on the Mountain This is Baldwin’s semi-autobiographical début novel.
  — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
• Travolta’s infectious enthusiasm carried over into the movie itself, a semi-autobiographical trifle about his childhood love of air travel.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
• Nick wrote the 2015 semi-autobiographical film Being Charlie about a young man grappling with addiction.
  — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 17 Dec. 2025
• The book’s title refers to a scene in Almost Famous, Crowe’s semi-autobiographical masterpiece inspired by this period.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2025
• The film has been categorized as semi-autobiographical in nature for The Parent Trap director.
  — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
• Erin Foster’s semi-autobiographical series about a podcaster falling for a rabbi quickly became inescapable.
  — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
• The semi-autobiographical film is a showcase for the many talents of multi-hyphenate Hagen — a writer, director, actor, musician, and stand-up, who directed from her own script.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
• Outside of King of the Hill, Adlon has received acclaim for the semi-autobiographical series Better Things.
  — Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
• The semi-autobiographical 2015 film about addiction explored Nick's struggles with drugs.
  — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
• At the time, Nick and Rob were promoting their semi-autobiographical film, Being Charlie, which Nick co-wrote based on his struggles with addiction.
  — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
• His last play, Leopoldstadt, a semi-autobiographical work loosely based on his family's history, premiered in 2020.
  — Richard Hall, Time, 29 Nov. 2025
• But this status must have condemned her to a relentless cycle of literary festivals, given that her new semi-autobiographical novel displays a microscopic interest in their inner workings.
  — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
• The book is a semi-autobiographical story from a Senegalese author, written as a letter from the main character, Ramatoulaye, to her best friend, following the death of the narrator’s husband.
  — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
• Following its Cannes premiere earlier this year, My Father’s Shadow has released the first trailer of its semi-autobiographical tale.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2025
• The semi-autobiographical novella was released in 2018.
  — Mikelle Street, Them., 17 Dec. 2025
• Gadd is a man transformed from his semi-autobiographical (controversially so) Netflix smash Baby Reindeer, with biceps aplenty.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026