CHRONICLE in a Sentence

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14 example sentences for CHRONICLE, such as:

1. Their nuptials were eagerly chronicled by the local media.
2. John looked into the chronicles of the Middle Ages last week.
3. Our little county newspaper is sure to chronicle the fact next week.
4. At Paris, one of the journals which chronicled the fact fell into his hands.
5. The whale has no famous author, and whaling no famous chronicler, you will say.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHRONICLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
chronicle
 n.  a factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence
Classic Sentence:
1  By the way, since you are interested in these little problems, and since you are good enough to chronicle one or two of my trifling experiences, you may be interested in this.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
2  You have shown your relish for it by the enthusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you will excuse my saying so, somewhat to embellish so many of my own little adventures.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
3  Even this chronicle of voyages Harry interrupted, with remarks on the advantages of the ball-gear-shift.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
4  Our little county newspaper is sure to chronicle the fact next week.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
5  The whale has no famous author, and whaling no famous chronicler, you will say.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24. The Advocate.
6  His generous donations to local and county charities have been frequently chronicled in these columns.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
7  He chronicled with patience what he saw, detaching himself from it and tasting its mortifying flavour in secret.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
8  At Paris, one of the journals which chronicled the fact fell into his hands.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN...
9  But when the restraining influence of the school was at a distance I began to hunger again for wild sensations, for the escape which those chronicles of disorder alone seemed to offer me.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In AN ENCOUNTER
Example Sentence:
1  The gossip columnist was paid to chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.
2  The documents also chronicle GCHQ's sustained struggle to keep the large store of sexually explicit imagery collected by Optic Nerve away from the eyes of its staff.
3  Their nuptials were eagerly chronicled by the local media.
4  Here is the social democrat refusing to condemn the absurdities he chronicles so well; or simply producing half-baked observations.
5  John looked into the chronicles of the Middle Ages last week.