How to Use diary in a Sentence

diary

noun
  • A lot of these men need to replace the mics with a diary and some friends.
    Malaika Jabali, Essence, 31 Dec. 2023
  • John Adams discussed the grapevine in his diary in 1775.
    Robin Rose Parker, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
  • In the next swipe, Bieber appeared in the Burn Book — a diary used to trash talk members of the student body.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Here, the actor shares a photo diary of his time in D.C.
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Your awful ex-boyfriend might leak your diaries to The New York Times.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
  • And then there are those diaries that attempt to strip her own books bare.
    Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The small 93-page diary was set aside in a box in his Bergenfield attic.
    Megan Burrow, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Ahead, see her photo diary from the most fashionable week of the year.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In her diary from 1975, the victim believed Zandstra was the suspect at the time, the release said.
    Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • The diary records the everyday life of London clerk Charles Pooter over the course of 15 months.
    The Week Uk, theweek, 28 June 2024
  • The diary was the favorite gift that Anne received for her 13th birthday.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2022
  • In her diary, Franke reveals in-depth what her children were forced to go through.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Then one fine Monday, someone puts in a last-minute call in your diary.
    Anjali Chhabra, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But the Post said the diary was found by Mary Richardson Kennedy sometime before her death.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • One of the most well-known was Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager immortalized in the pages of her diary.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
  • At one point photos of Camilla fell out of Charles’s diary.
    Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 17 July 2022
  • The diary can help a provider figure out what might be causing your nocturia.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 13 Mar. 2023
  • As Sheppard recalled in her diary, the troupe left the hotel with the mob still in tow and walked to the railroad stop, where the choir began to sing a hymn.
    Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Excerpts from the diary and letter are read in voice-over by actors.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • What follows is a video diary of my journey, a record of gas prices from the Sierra Nevadas to the Shenandoah Valley.
    Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Hellman says the ink may now be in the database, which could help accurately date the diary.
    Jacque Smith, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Police found the suspect’s backpack at the scene, which contained a diary, sources said.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Warren’s girlfriend had kept a diary and gave it to Ms. Godfrey.
    Penelope Green, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Make sure to update your diary every day of the week, including the weekend.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Make sure to update your diary every day of the week – including the weekend.
    Hannah Coates, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Home is where all your memories live in the folds of old photo albums and high school diaries.
    Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Submit your dinner diary here for a chance to be featured.
    Bhg Editors, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Her diary, which was turned into a book known as The Diary of a Young Girl, has sold roughly 30 million copies to date.
    Rebecca Norris, Woman's Day, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Track your search for the light in a joy journal or some other regular diary.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The rest of the songs arrived as Welch’s anxiety spiraled in her London home, the project something of a diary of those years of isolation.
    Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024

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