Example Sentences

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"I feel like, when our motivations are invisible, even to ourselves, all of us are unreliable narrators," he said.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

I think we’re all unreliable narrators of our own stories because there is a limit to how much we understand about ourselves.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

But all authors are by definition unreliable narrators, imposing meaning and structure on a world full of chaos and miscommunication.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023

As the author of a history of autism called NeuroTribes, I’d fought against the idea that autistic people are unreliable narrators of their own lives.

From Scientific American • Jul. 12, 2023

Ms. Song, who has interviewed numerous North Korean defectors, noted that the country’s refugees are often unreliable narrators of their own experiences.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023