Words similar to anecdote

Example sentences for: anecdote

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Thernstrom's anecdote about how Powell became brigadier general is ambiguous on its face.
They both lead with the exact same anecdote, taken from the same Sherlock Holmes story.
A WP business section story claiming that Bill Gates has been deeply stung by the accusations against him and his company opens with an anecdote that's evidently supposed to humanize him but which will probably have the opposite effect.
Yes, I loved the anecdote about Bob Dylan's mishearing "I can't hide" as "I get high."
But in general, Sylvia Jukes Morris has an excellent eye for the telling anecdote, and with the help of Luce's tattletale diaries, she has unearthed one after another.