exercise of memory

Example Sentences

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To perform them in a single staged performance is an exercise of memory and sheer will.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

This exercise of memory will enable you to locate the chief events of Bible history roughly in their appropriate chronological environment.

From Training the Teacher by Schauffler, A. F.

She had actually found herself the day before, more as a humorous exercise of memory than for any other reason, jotting them down in her diary.

From Name and Fame A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline

It is true that man unconsciously, that is, without deliberation, not only animates external things and their specific types, but he also, by an exercise of memory, animates the psychical image of these special perceptions.

From Myth and Science An Essay by Vignoli, Tito

I will call myself for the future—let me see—what shall it be, that will not involve a continued exercise of memory, and the troublesome task of unmarking my linen?

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James