Sample Sentences for

anonymity

(editor-reviewed)

He paused, defeated by the silence and the painted anonymity of the group guarding the entry.  (source) William Golding, Lord of the Flies, 1954

The relative anonymity of these kids seemed to aggravate their plight and their despair.  (source) Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy, 2014

1924 -- Anonymity [Section heading from Book Two]  (source) Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow, 2016

...if your informant tells the truth let him come here openly like a decent man. But if he hide in anonymity I must know why.  (source) Arthur Miller, The Crucible, 1953

This is one way we ensure anonymity.  (source) Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, 2003

Mostly we are nomads here who enjoy the day as well as the night, who allow humans to interact with us unsuspectingly — anonymity is important to us all.  (source) Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse, 2007

Whatever anonymity I'd enjoyed so far this summer had been based on everyone from Wish not being from my school and therefore not knowing anything about me.  (source) Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever, 2004

Chris also told me that this woman, whom I will call Mrs. Cheapo to protect her anonymity, had estimated that this was at least a twenty-dollar job.  (source) Firoozeh Dumas, Funny in Farsi, 2003

The combination of presence and anonymity — confession without penance, truth without consequences — it has its attractions.  (source) Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, 2000

I TURNED THIRTEEN that summer of 1976, Afghanistan's next to last summer of peace and anonymity.†  (source) Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner, 2003

And it was his very anonymity that would make it impossible to see him coming.†  (source) Esi Edugyan, Washington Black, 2018

Sometimes I wish we could sink back into anonymity among the people, become less exposed to ....†  (source) Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965

"They have to protect their anonymity," Sam says.†  (source) Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four, 2010