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

There is a particular kind of shame that comes with forgetting something you knew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Wednesday’s practice started with some of the players doing up-downs after forgetting equipment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

"Football is a contact sport, we keep forgetting about that and VAR is really spoiling it. It really annoyed me as it could have been a different game at 2-1."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

“Oh, bluster. I keep forgetting my symbol is a basket of unripe fruit. Why doesn’t the spring wind get more credit? Summer has all the fun.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan