- present participle of recollect.
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
For the documentary, Shatner said he challenged himself to go beyond recollecting career accolades and worked to find a new way of looking at his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Not recollecting myself, I began again that I was much obliged to him for his recommendation—
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
