Sentence examples for isolated anecdotes from inspiring English sources
Instead there are isolated anecdotes that fail to gain a cumulative power: Ravelstein spilling espresso on his brand-new $4,500 Lanvin sport coat; Ravelstein lighting up a cigarette hours after getting out of the intensive care unit; Ravelstein walking in on Chick's half-dressed wife, Vela.
Generalizing from isolated anecdotes is risky, even when the anecdotes are particularly compelling.
Like fellow Facebook feel-gooder Sheryl Sandberg, Zuck was sure to drive home the warm/fuzzy message of his ad-dollar factory, hitting isolated human interest anecdotes with more frequency than the evening news.
This is, of course, only an anecdote – by no means an isolated one – but an anecdote that fits interestingly with the IPPR's senior economic analyst Spencer Thompson's view that "some [self-employed] are entrepreneurs, driven by high-growth ambitions, innovation and disruptive business models, but many are sole-traders simply looking to get by".
Nolan's construction turns a forward tread into a mosaic and breaks the sense of a unified dramatic arc into a series of observational anecdotes, of isolated deeds and lonely confrontations.
When it comes to discussing basketball, Hinkie has a way of isolating the perfect analogy, anecdote, or statistic for the argument at hand, and reaching into a seemingly bottomless pool of research to find it.
The article does contain some interesting anecdotes, as with the mention of gay men who isolate themselves from contact with straight men, and straight men who can't talk about sex with their gay friends.
