recollection
Example Sentences
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She quickly finds herself becoming “teary” as she did in the past at other weddings, tarnished by recollections of her previous life making the novel as much about her as about Boone.
From Los Angeles Times
The Beckhams have yet to respond, and as ever with such affairs, recollections may vary.
From BBC
During the Jewish diaspora, special volumes were created to preserve the recollection of towns and villages that had been erased in the Holocaust.
Ms. Schilinski roams in and out of all the impressions and recollections, most of them stained by sadness and regret, without turning maudlin or melodramatic.
I had a sudden recollection of booming laughter and the thick smell of pipe tobacco.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
