forgetting

Example Sentences

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Instead, I vacillated between forgetting all about cancer some days and feeling like death was imminent others, and it was hard to predict what would prompt either extreme.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Emulating Koufax is hard, but forgetting him is unforgivable.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Canadians tend to think they are above such smallness, but here we are getting in our own way, forgetting those we lost and disregarding how the crash could have happened in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has called the resolution "historic" and a "a safeguard against forgetting".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

“What is it?” cried Jo, forgetting her woes for a minute in her wonder.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott