diary

Example Sentences

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The students passed around tissues as Stafford shared Cynthia’s diary with the class.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

“A diary is an assassin’s cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen,” wrote William Soutar, a Scottish poet and diarist, in 1934.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

My great-grandmother’s diary reveals a girl ecstatic to grow corn for our troops.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

At one point, she compiled a diary of her husband's behaviour to show his consultant, but says she was offered no help for her welfare or any advice on changing his medication.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

He kept a diary of séance specifics, noting weather conditions and the level of darkness in the room.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock