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.
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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 -
The names of all children who contact the office, like the eight-year-old boy, are kept anonymous.
— Claudia Blumer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2018 -
The Chinese of the gold-rush era are mostly anonymous to us today.
— Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021 -
Meanwhile, a threat from an anonymous source was made on Van Paassen’s life.
— Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2023 -
This report was based on anonymous sources claiming that things had been rocky for the pair.
— Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 15 Apr. 2020 -
But then some books are anonymous, and some books don’t make sense without others in the same genre, and . . .
— Washington Post, 19 June 2021 -
The Israeli outlet was told about the exchange by an anonymous source familiar with the situation.
— Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024 -
Long days spent grabbing packages off shelves for an anonymous e-commerce giant barely cover the bills and leave her exhausted and desperate for something more.
— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024
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