nostalgic
Example Sentences
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“These memories right now are going to be nostalgic one day,” said Selines.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
A nostalgic tale about family, hope and hardship, Dear You has swept the box office in China this summer - and opened an unexpected conversation about identity thousands of miles away in Singapore.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
“That experience is very nostalgic and very, like, ‘This is not as serious.’
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
Flushed and sweating, 31-year-old Annisa Enggracia Fidel runs back and forth to defend her fort from invaders -- hundreds of fellow adults all beating the blues by playing a nostalgic Indonesian children's game.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
Ever since Faizah had told me that Coach Mustilli had said hi, I’d been nostalgic about how simple things were in high school.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Vocabulary lists containing nostalgic
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