Sentence examples for anecdotes attached from inspiring English sources

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Their monogrammed miniature wheelbarrows are on view as is their museum of curiosities (from tiny Chinese ladies' shoes to Zulu shields) many with fascinating anecdotes attached (ask the enthusiastic staff).

We see slides of him, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor onstage, screen-grabs of a scene he performed with Peter Sellers, and clips of the Frost Report, Monty Python and Fawlty Towers, with well-oiled anecdotes attached.

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"I hope 50 years from now, when kids learn about Eric Garner on Wikipedia," he told me," there will be an anecdote attached that said, 'People all over organised mass protests in response.' When asked what he thought of the mayor's words, Waldo said, "He's scared".

Like many of the claims and anecdotes that attached themselves to Cravan, it was long on front and short on substance.

I was less impressed by the movie, which seemed to me largely a collection of absorbing anecdotes that attach to little character development or psychology, even less real-world political context (even local), and a strangely haphazard mise en scene.

People become attached to their anecdotes…" Minchin's powerful, entertaining polemic begins with demure thanksgiving and ends in frenzy, railing against the idea of a God who randomly homes in on Sam's mother's cataracts while ignoring a suffering world.

Across focus groups, men cited generic anecdotes (usually secondhand, with no names attached) to demonstrate this over-emphasis on 'women's rights'.

Put another way, it can be said that the life of Hillel is more than a vague recollection of anecdotes or a name with a saying or two attached.

Another anecdote has him sallying forth into the street wearing a hat that was still attached to its box.

Ghoti was elevated above these other spelling gags when it became attached to the illustrious name of Shaw — who, like Churchill and Twain, seems to attract free-floating anecdotes.

Adolph Green delivered the reviews to Mr. Feuer's apartment and said, "Do you really want me to read these?" Mr. Gross said that Mr. Feuer could attach a personal anecdote to almost any showbiz name he mentioned.

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