forgetting

Example Sentences

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“It’s a compression of life, without transition, so you go from fighting to love, to forgetting, to dying, to rebirth,” Chamblas said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The narrative possibilities of willful forgetting allow Balda’s wool-clad characters to extend themselves far past the boundaries of George’s field and into the hearts of younger and older viewers alike.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

It’s a scrubbing of the past, an act of forgetting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

"Sorry! I'm forgetting I have a job to do," Sam apologises.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

It was as if Farmer had built himself an alarm system that, with any extended free moment, set off a recording saying, “You’re forgetting Haiti.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French