personal anecdote

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From Slate • Nov. 29, 2024

The ceremony and benefit dinner featured special guest Oprah Winfrey, who used a personal anecdote to touch on the power of books to liberate “one page at a time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

Haley is reviving the personal anecdote she would give in South Carolina — almost verbatim.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

With actors it often came with a personal anecdote revealing an unexpected side to a character.

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2021

She gives enough of personal anecdote and gossip to put young people on the footing of familiar acquaintance with those whose works she would have them read.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 by Various