MEMOIR in a Sentence

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For MEMOIR, below is one of 19 sentences:
The quarrel over the valley of Dappes was begun between Switzerland and France by a memoir from Captain, afterwards General Dufour.

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 Meanings and Examples of MEMOIR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
memoir
 n.  autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author
 n.  an account of the personal experiences of an author; a biography or biographical sketch; report, especially on a scientific or scholarly topic
Classic Sentence:
1  The quarrel over the valley of Dappes was begun between Switzerland and France by a memoir from Captain, afterwards General Dufour.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817
2  had not published the memoirs, out of pride, and maintained herself on a meagre income which had survived no one knew how.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON
3  He read the Moniteur, he read all the histories of the Republic and the Empire, the Memorial de Sainte-Helene, all the memoirs, all the newspapers, the bulletins, the proclamations; he devoured everything.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
4  Now, he had under his arm a volume of the memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER
5  We learn this from the memoirs of a man who was concerned in some few of these defeats and in many of these victories.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
6  He was himself always occupied: writing his memoirs, solving problems in higher mathematics, turning snuffboxes on a lathe, working in the garden, or superintending the building that was always going on at his estate.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXV
7  So remember, these are my memoirs; hand them to the Emperor after my death.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVIII
8  The title was, "Dan Coopman," wherefore I concluded that this must be the invaluable memoirs of some Amsterdam cooper in the fishery, as every whale ship must carry its cooper.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 101. The Decanter.
9  Your memoirs will draw to an end, Watson, upon the day that I crown my career by the capture or extinction of the most dangerous and capable criminal in Europe.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
Example Sentence:
1  Strung between them were a series of novels, including the two he wanted most to be remembered for — “A Sport and a Pastime” (1967) and “Light Years” (1975) — along with two vaunted collections of short stories and a memoir.
2  In the memoir, he reflected on the vagaries of conscience and memory.
3  Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani school girl shot in the head at point-blank range for advocating girls' education, has become a millionaire by signing a deal for around USD 3 million to publish her memoir.
4  His memoir was full of descriptions of puissant military heroics, but most were exaggerations or outright lies.
5  The movie star's memoir was replete with juicy details about the love life of half of Hollywood.
6  She plans to write her memoirs.
7  In his memoirs, De Gaulle wrote that he had come to London determined to save the French nation.
8  She's decided to write her memoirs to set the record straight once and for all.
9  He published his memoirs on the Second World War.
10  Obama and his wife reported income of $8 million in his first three years in office, largely from royalties on his memoirs, which were best-sellers because of his political fame. And the Obamas will soon go from rich to filthy rich.