Sentence examples for anecdotes such as from inspiring English sources

There are several laugh-out-loud anecdotes, such as those involving Britt Ekland, Kingsley Amis and Lord Longford.

His story is sprinkled with intriguing anecdotes, such as one from a 1900 report on a community of Russian peasants who went into a deep sleep during the cold months.

Mr Dahl's lecture was a fervent, and very funny, look at business creativity; replete with anecdotes, such as the time he spent several weeks in a drugstore watching people buying condoms as part of his PhD.

The fragility of Gill's memory means that anecdotes such as these are relatively scant; and he refuses to talk in any detail about the process of becoming sober ("I don't talk about sober club").

It is also thanks to anecdotes such as this that Guggenheim's memoir, which she republished in different versions over a period of 30 years, received a critical drubbing when it first appeared in 1946.

The misty-eyed punks fondly recall many anecdotes, such as the time the Pistols played a Christmas Day gig at Ivanhoe's in Huddersfield for the children of striking firemen, which ended in a cake fight.

In the diary entries, Wilson ruminates on family, offers descriptions of trips to nearby sites, distills local history and geography, and most entertainingly, drops in the occasional literary anecdote such as this entry from 1952: I read aloud to [wife and son] Helena and Reuel Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea".

Think of adding articles, individual stories about staff and company events, how-to information using your products or services, lessons learned anecdotes, freebies such as downloadable craft tutorials or a free ebook, etc. Be generous and your customers will be impressed, checking back regularly for more.

The Web sites of these groups, like the International Justice Mission (www.ijm.org) and Free the Slaves (www.freetheslaves.net), all have such anecdotes, as well as stories of triumphant release.

We need to replace anecdote-driven measures — such as reacting to a single specific crime with a new law that widens the net well beyond the intended target — with research-based policies that identify a goal and have built-in mechanisms to collect data on the way to achieving that goal.

The great auteur discussed bullfighting at great length and then told anecdotes about famous friends, such as Hemingway and Jimmy Cagney.