How to Use anonymous in a Sentence

anonymous

adjective
  • He made an anonymous phone call to the police.
  • The reporter got an anonymous tip.
  • His was just another anonymous face in the crowd.
  • The donor wishes to remain anonymous.
  • The college received an anonymous gift.
  • An anonymous buyer purchased the painting.
  • Both options provide the ability to file an anonymous tip.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The court’s decision allowing an anonymous jury is an extreme move.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Do the anonymous objections have any role in conservation spending?
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The source, who preferred to remain anonymous as the information is not yet public, added that the plans are still in the early stages and have not yet been formalized.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Legal fees are now being paid for by a nonprofit organization that the family’s current lawyers said wants to remain anonymous.
    Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2023
  • According to a rep for Critical Role, the podcast’s founders are preferring to remain anonymous.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Mar. 2023
  • And one of the best ways to report that is to have an anonymous tip line.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 May 2022
  • Agents made a tape and sent it to King with an anonymous note.
    The Economist, 8 June 2019
  • Most of the sources are anonymous, and their faces are blurred or left out of the camera frame.
    Camille Caldera, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Would putting an anonymous note in her house in-box be rude?
    Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Has it been shared with you who called in that anonymous tip at the end of the latest season?
    Tom Philip, GQ, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The pre-teens and teenagers answered, and some asked to remain anonymous.
    Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 8 Dec. 2023
  • First came the Instagram post, then came the hate speech and anonymous phone calls.
    Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021
  • And the tie-ups, which tend to be anonymous, are expanding.
    The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Then, an anonymous call alerted police to a body by the creek.
    Diana Durán, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Most of the allegations are from anonymous sources but a few are on the record.
    BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Most of the allegations are from anonymous sources, but a few are on the record.
    David Brandt, ajc, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The extinction of a species at sea is far more anonymous than on land.
    Nick Pyenson, Smithsonian, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Anonymous emails can be sent via www.sdcrimestoppers.org.
    Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 July 2017
  • What is the best way to stay private, secure and anonymous while browsing the web?
    Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • What is the best way to stay private, secure, and anonymous while browsing the web?
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The votes were anonymous, but not one judge favored throwing out the health-care law.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Sotheby’s said that the anonymous owner of the work decided to pull it from the sale.
    Katya Kazakina, Bloomberg.com, 17 May 2017
  • Powers first began installing her sculptures in 2017 late at night to remain anonymous.
    Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024

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