personal narrative
Example Sentences
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Ms. MeLampy is at her best when she eschews personal narrative in favor of her lacerating accounts of the animal festivals she visits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
"These facial depictions also encourage the audience to understand ancient remains as people rather than artefacts, and to establish a connection through personal narrative rather than a wider population history," she adds.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025
Eric Adams' personal narrative is a remarkable American story, by any standard.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2024
“There’s so much memoir and personal narrative in the essays that I think some of them absolutely do start off right where ‘Red Paint’ left off,” LaPointe says.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Never, before or since, had I so mighty a wrestle for my life, and but for my superior height, and the strength of my strong arms, my reader would have been spared this personal narrative.
From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Caldwell, Willie Walker
