chronicle
Example Sentences
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It’s not at all dry, and, if one is even remotely familiar with the institution’s story, is a moving chronicle of how it got from that above-a-storefront location to where it is now.
The book—a masterpiece of the genre—chronicles the circuitous path he took from Brownsville, then a scrappy Jewish neighborhood, to the tony milieu of New York’s literati.
But his first big success came with the 1984 mockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap, which chronicled the misadventures of a fictional British heavy metal band.
From BBC
The 20th century that “Resurrection” chronicles was a pivotal period for China, bringing to a close the Qing Dynasty and ushering in the rise of a communist superpower.
From Los Angeles Times
Weaving together speeches, novels and even maps, he crafts a constitutional chronicle that’s at once entertaining and deeply serious.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.