personal history

Example Sentences

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The irony, of course, is Arnold has done his best to expunge his own personal history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 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

It’s too late to rewrite your personal history, but you can change the final chapters.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

"There's a personal history of messages that I don't want to lose, as well as work-related communication," she said of WhatsApp.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 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