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a short story that is true — often told for amusement or to make a point- Her autobiography is sprinkled with amusing anecdotes.
anecdotes = short true stories
- She is good at making a point in an interesting and memorable way with an anecdote.
- a moving anecdote that belies the real problem
- The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.David P. Mikkelson
- Then has a funny anecdote about the perils of the Capitol showers.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- We often pass the time amusing ourselves with anecdotes about you.Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
- Each one poured into the conversation his store of wise sad anecdotes and his dry regret about the race of men.Thornton Wilder -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- Anyway he related long pointless anecdotes of his undergraduate days,William Faulkner -- The Sound and the Fury
- Billy Pilgrim had not heard this anecdote.Kurt Vonnegut -- Slaughterhouse-Five
- He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft, and...Washington Irving -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- My father was telling them anecdotes and expounding his own views on the situation.Elie Wiesel -- Night
- We traded stupid family anecdotes, like the time when Cass almost burned down the house with her Easy-Bake Oven, or when my father drank a huge glass of clam juice, thinking it was lemonade.Sarah Dessen -- Dreamland
- The question is connected with the following anecdote of past times...Dostoyevsky, Fyodor -- The Idiot
- Dean's anecdote of his first attempt at enlightening the darkness in which he had been reared...Bronte, Emily -- Wuthering Heights
- It may be judged by this single anecdote, what the character of Colbert was.Dumas, Alexandre -- Ten Years Later
- They could describe an entertainment with accuracy, relate an anecdote with humour, and laugh at their acquaintance with spirit.Austen, Jane -- Pride and Prejudice
- I heard a characteristic anecdote of what took place some time ago in the south.Darwin, Charles -- The Voyage of the Beagle
- He was telling a long anecdote, laughing at it, throwing a crust of bread at an adjacent waiter, and refilling his glass at the same time.Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville -- Uneasy Money
- And now, when he related again the picturesque little anecdote about the examiner and his boots, he laughed.Maugham, W. Somerset -- Of Human Bondage
- She was evidently a copious talker, and now poured forth a breathless stream of anecdote and comment.Maugham, W. Somerset -- Moon and Sixpence
anecdote = short story that is true
anecdote = short story that is true
anecdotes = short, true stories
anecdotes = short, true stories
anecdotes = short stories (of things that really happened)
anecdote = a short story that is true — often told for amusement or to make a point
anecdotes = short, true stories
anecdotes = short, true stories
anecdotes = short, true stories
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