recollect

Example Sentences

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We made a registry to allow our friends and family to help us recollect the basics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

I recollect that my mother left her jewelry box and its contents to me.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

"I'm trying to recollect when I became aware of it," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

He additionally shared that he could recollect "one conversation" in which Wade said he was romantically involved with Willis.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

“Funny, I don’t recollect him ever bein’ little bitty,” said Lee Roy.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns