How to Use memoir in a Sentence

memoir

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  • He has written a memoir of his mother.
  • The legendary actor’s memoir on playing the Fonz and so much more.
    — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Roy Clay, Sr. was one of them with his memoir that was published last year.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023
  • The actress recalled going on a few dates with Michael in her memoir.
    — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • And Walt Mossberg was supposed to write his memoir, right?
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Davis also wrote about the killing in his memoir Compton Street Legend in 2019.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
  • McDonough will also be signing copies of his memoir about the tragedy.
    — Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2023
  • In her new memoir, Streisand describes the risks involved in making Yentl.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2023
  • There’s more: These four new memoirs invite us to sit with the pleasures and pains of family.
    — Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • At readings of her memoir, Hit So Hard, fans often tell her the band’s music saved them.
    — Candace Hansen, SPIN, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Ghostface is the latest member of Wu-Tang to get personal and share his story in the form of a memoir.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Staying in 📚 Six memoirs to put you in a Palestinian’s shoes.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Skyhorse picked up the memoir and published it weeks later.
    — Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Davis describes himself in his memoir as the only living witness among the four men in the Cadillac.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In addition to their decades of friendship, Kudrow wrote the foreword to Matthew Perry's memoir.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Told with the offbeat humor and style that was a signature of so much of Gordon’s work, the memoir doesn’t just focus on the horror.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The new mom, 43, and her baby boy, 15 months, enjoyed some time in St. Barts this week, sharing an adorable video of son Phoenix having fun with Hilton's memoir by the beach.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Fox spoke more about her dominatrix past and shared new details about her life in her new memoir Down the Drain, which is out now.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
  • In a new memoir, the actor John Stamos talks about honesty, sobriety and his grief over Bob Saget’s death.
    — Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • In his memoir and in interviews over the years, Davis has admitted to playing a key part in Tupac's killing.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In his 2017 memoir, Ralph Lauren, Ralph wrote about his wife as his source of inspiration.
    — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The memoir gets its title from a taunt that Rocero’s fellow pageant queen competitors would throw at her.
    — USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • Hardison, who is now 80, is shown at work on an as-yet-unpublished memoir, and this film at times feels like a cross-promotion for that book.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
  • In January 2023, came the biggest bombshell of them all: Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2023
  • If Prince Harry’s record-breaking memoir, Spare, is to be believed, the royals are still cozy with the same tabloids that engaged in this behavior.
    — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The rapper released his first book, Adversity for Sale, last year, but the lessons written in his memoir were in his music first.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Over a Greek dish, John Stamos reflects on how his parents, grief and sobriety shaped his memoir.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Many of you emailed me various thoughts about memoir and autofiction.
    — June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • In a striking new memoir, the Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair attempts to make peace with her Rastafari childhood and the island that shaped her.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2023
  • There are memoirs that seem to be shaped by the author’s awareness that her personal tragedy will manifest as a memoir.
    — The New Yorker, 9 July 2023

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