recollecting

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It’s not much in vogue these days to quote Joe Biden, but the former president used to say something worth recollecting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

Greene nearly swooned recollecting the interaction in an interview afterward.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2024

Like the Sto:lo, many Coast Salish groups in the Pacific Northwest have oral traditions recollecting dogs whose coiled undercoats were spun into fibers and woven into elaborately patterned blankets.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023

Her style of hyperlinking in real time matches the hybrid way she works, reifying, refining and recollecting the thoughts that make a person up.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Not recollecting myself, I began again that I was much obliged to him for his recommendation—

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens