How to Use anonymity in a Sentence

anonymity

noun

• She enjoyed the anonymity of life in a large city.
• They are trying to protect their child's anonymity.
• The person requested anonymity because the deal has not been announced.
  — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the depth and the severity of the hack are not yet clear.
  — Andres Triay, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2024
• The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because grand jury matters are secret.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• The employee was not authorized to speak to the news media and requested anonymity.
  — Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2023
• The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the team hadn’t yet made the deal public.
  — Tom Canavan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
• The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the contract was pending a physical.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2023
• The closure was confirmed by three people familiar with the plans who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity because the matters are private.
  — Michael Wayland,robert Ferris, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
• The Times piece cited a source who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss the sensitive matters of the ongoing case.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 16 Mar. 2023
• The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive documents seized by Israeli forces in Gaza.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024
• The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss confidential information.
  — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
• The person requested anonymity because the deal will not become official until Wednesday, the start of the NFL’s new league year.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
• There's a certain who-cares anonymity to the cars in this econobox class.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 1 June 2023
• The person briefed on the matter spoke on the condition of anonymity.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
• The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they had not been cleared to talk to the media about the matter.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2023
• The Statesman chose not to name the father to protect his children’s anonymity.
  — Sarah Cutler and, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2024
• The seller, who requested anonymity, bought the pair of units in an off-market deal in 2017.
  — Chris Cameron, Robb Report, 20 June 2024
• The big one on the cons list was loss of anonymity, but probably that was a way of writing self-hate or something.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
• The official spoke on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House.
  — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
• The hatred usually hides in the cowardice of anonymity.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
• The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because the announcement has not been made yet.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
• Yet the man insisted on anonymity, for fear of losing friends.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• The person asked for anonymity because of signing an NDA.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2024
• The person was granted anonymity to discuss the closed door session.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 12 July 2024
• The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, did not say when the team is expected to arrive in Sicily.
  — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
• The lengthy flight duration, emotive movie plotlines, and a certain amount of anonymity is a sure-fire way to open the floodgates.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
• Some of these alter-ego accounts, like Lucky Socks, maintain a degree of anonymity.
  — Elias Leight, Billboard, 14 May 2024
• Note from the editor: Sources who are marked with an asterisk have had their names changed to ensure their anonymity.
  — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2023
• One legal quirk is that if the waitress were actually a cook, searing meat in the anonymity of a kitchen, she wouldn’t be allowed in the tip pool.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024