How to Use oral history in a Sentence

oral history

noun
Definition of oral historynext
  • I'm reading an oral history of the Great Depression.
  • Watch the video above for more and read the full oral history here.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • This is how many cases live, unresolved, in oral history told from a barber chair or bar stool.
    — Charles M. Blow New York Times, Star Tribune, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Those who were there share their memories in an oral history of his last professional game.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2021
  • What follows is an oral history of these shops’ highs and lows as the pandemic knocked life and business upside down.
    — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Each of the people photographed is also included in the oral history project.
    — Alicia Eler, Star Tribune, 24 Feb. 2021
  • This oral history with informative asides was definitely worth the wait.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 18 July 2024
  • Programming -- such as oral history bike tours that are planned for this summer -- will help augment themes and ideas that couldn’t be included in the exhibition itself.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2021
  • That’s why the centerpiece of the class is preparing for, conducting and transcribing a 45- to 60-minute oral history.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The Nathan Harrison story is one learned and now told as a mixture of oral history, sifting through lore and legend, and archaeology.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Sarah Godfrey wrote in a 2012 oral history for Washington City Paper.
    — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
  • In King magazine’s 2008 oral history of the production, members of the cast and crew discussed the tumultuous shooting process.
    — Jordan Coley, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The parallels are all over the text of this oral history.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 May 2021
  • Check out The Times’ oral history of this landmark show.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • This is what inspired me to use film as a way to preserve oral history.
    — Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • It’s been a time of reflection for the group, who published a new oral history book in April.
    — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
  • The story is based on an oral history of the Chemehuevi tribe.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 June 2022
  • Readers, start your engines, and may the best oral history (wipes mouth) win!
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Set largely in the 1970s, the novel is rendered as an oral history, the story of the slow-then-fast rise and sudden fall of a rock band.
    — Robert Lloydtelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • At some point, decades from now, the Cavs may put out their own oral history for how the barking truly began.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021
  • In an oral history of the track for its 20th anniversary, Thomas told Rolling Stone about its longevity.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Head over to Vanity Fair’s website to read the full excerpt from the oral history.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The oral histories of many present-day tribes link their ancestors to earthen mounds.
    — AZCentral.com, 5 June 2023
  • In the oral history, Mr. Johnson recalled boarding and seeing the plane’s name painted on the side.
    — Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Read about the oral histories here: Read about oral histories here.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, tovlou.github.io, 20 July 2023
  • That same year Knight and the Peaky Blinders cast did a group interview with Esquire to give an oral history of the series.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Rather’s oral history was recorded in his office in New York City.
    — Terry Scott Bertling, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The unauthorized oral history, out on Sept. 21, is named after the episode in which Derek Shepherd dies.
    — NBC News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The oral history remains sealed — an effort to comply with the Judge’s wishes.
    — New York Times, 14 July 2021
  • In April of this year, a three-hour audio file that was part of a classified oral history commissioned by an arm of the president’s office was anonymously leaked to the media.
    — Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2021

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