How to Use autobiography in a Sentence

autobiography

noun
  • I read her autobiography last year.
  • Why call it a novel and raise ethical questions about the uses of autobiography?
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The book is equal parts autobiography, self-help and political commentary.
    Barton Swaim, WSJ, 7 May 2021
  • Rich in self-deprecating juvenile shtick, these personal essays by the actor and screenwriter amount to an autobiography of sorts.
    New York Times, 12 May 2021
  • Those scuffs on a court are an autobiography of the match just played.
    Bob Greene, WSJ, 27 July 2022
  • Pence signed a two-book deal, of which his autobiography is the first.
    Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
  • For years the autobiography set the tone for any view of Little.
    New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022
  • He is scheduled to sign copies of his autobiography and posters, which will be for sale.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The feature project is based on the autobiography Reaching for the Stars.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2022
  • In exchange, guests help for a few hours a day around the bookshop and write a one-page autobiography to add to the shop's collection of past guests.
    Talia Avakian, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2023
  • Below are some of her thoughts on the faith, in her own words, pulled from her 2012 autobiography and from interviews over the years.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The details of her life are eye-popping, and can be found in her autobiography.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Folts said the documents fill in the vague details of Truth's son in her autobiography.
    Giselle Rhoden, CNN, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Iger wrote in his autobiography that Horn was his best hire.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Oct. 2021
  • That was the title of Kapp’s autobiography published in 2019 and co-authored by J.J. Kapp and two other friends.
    Josh Dubow and Dave Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • The autobiography will detail her life’s ups and downs — including her years in a cult.
    Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But for obvious reasons the twins rarely tailored the lyrics toward autobiography in the same way Carlile was able to.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
  • There is certainly a lack of shame in the living autobiographies.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
  • Bob Odenkirk had written about it in his autobiography and talked about it on a show as the funniest sketch that never aired.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The doctor turned author didn't come out publicly until his autobiography, On the Move: A Life, which was published the same year as his death.
    EW.com, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Liz was very intrigued by this part of my autobiography where my mother goes to college with me.
    Madison Feller, ELLE, 8 Apr. 2023
  • In 1979 Russell wrote an autobiography and went on a book tour.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Why did Malcolm write an autobiography when the form vexed and repelled her?
    Katie Roiphe, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The project is based on Bain’s autobiography of the same name, which was reprinted under the title Straight Outta Scotland.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
  • There is autobiography here — a self-portrait of her cycling around Venice circles a vase — as well as satire.
    Christian House, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024
  • As Greenberg wrote in his autobiography, that was not an easy honor to bear.
    Robert Gudmestad, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Cy the Cynic told me that a friend had written his autobiography.
    Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 28 July 2024
  • At Any Size, Ellis’s book, came out in 2010 after years of hard work, and balances autobiography and self-help.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Part two is an effort at autobiography by Andrew Bevel, the man on which Rask was based.
    ELLE, 23 Dec. 2022
  • More cynically, these books are celebrity autobiographies for a polity that has seen healthier days.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024

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