recollecting

Example Sentences

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Greene nearly swooned recollecting the interaction in an interview afterward.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2024

“We were scared out of our wits,” Dr. Breman, recollecting his pioneer mission, told a National Institutes of Health newsletter in 2014, as a new and even deadlier Ebola outbreak raged that year.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

Like the Sto:lo, many Coast Salish groups in the Pacific Northwest have oral traditions recollecting dogs whose coiled undercoats were spun into fibers and woven into elaborately patterned blankets.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023

Inspired by Ferreira’s nostalgic fondness for Brazil, the sandal and slide designs are rooted in 1960s and ’70s Brazilian design, recollecting classic designer Percival Lafer and his iconic brown leather couches.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023

He scowled at first; then, as if recollecting something, he said—

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë