personal history
Example Sentences
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On a series of punchy and immediate tracks, Mr. Lamar checks in on where his life is now, provides some personal history, airs a few grievances, and gets in a few digs at his peers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Doesn’t she have a kind of tangled personal history and reasons not to maybe want to have this American oversight?
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026
Wohl is writing a personal history that is not her own.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
It’s too late to rewrite your personal history, but you can change the final chapters.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025
Answering questions about her personal history did not jibe with Mommy’s view of parenting twelve curious, wild, brown-skinned children.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
