noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an amusing story/anecdote/incident etc
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The book is full of amusing stories about his childhood.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
personal
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I can do this best by way of a personal anecdote , which might be called the Incident of the Taxman and the Philosopher.
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It is a 318-page compendium of stock liberal positions and personal anecdotes bound by a thick strand of moral conservatism.
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Also interested in personal anecdotes relating to aviation in the aforementioned county.
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It is also chock-full of personal anecdotes .
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For both this means a sprinkling of personal anecdotes about people who worked with the ideas they write about.
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That, then, is the first of my three personal anecdotes .
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Her personal anecdotes as a hospital chaplain showed a real sense of fun intermingled with her obvious dedication.
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Also good personal anecdote of Mr Gladstone cutting down small cherry tree but being unable to lie.
■ VERB
amuse
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Always self-deprecating and modest, he fought bravely a long struggle against cancer, remaining cheerful and full of amusing unrepeatable anecdotes .
tell
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She told the anecdote with a glint of relish in her eye, revelling in their embarrassment.
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But he illustrates his points with telling anecdotes that make good, and fast, reading.
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Then she told an anecdote that would turn out to have prophetic resonance.
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He was telling interesting anecdotes about growing up in the neighborhood and the park.
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As they so often did, the brothers began with a telling anecdote .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Personal anecdotes have no place in an academic essay.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he illustrates his points with telling anecdotes that make good, and fast, reading.
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But now I shall leave you with one final anecdote which impinges on both issues of morale and moral fibre.
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In language presentation and practice there should be a story of some kind or a series of anecdotes or incidents.
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It is also chock-full of personal anecdotes.
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Like an amiable but daffy uncle, he repeatedly hangs himself with his own anecdotes.
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The letters section offers a feast of anecdotes about Mozart.
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Then she told an anecdote that would turn out to have prophetic resonance.