- present participle of forget.
forgetting
Example Sentences
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Ms. Smith is the author of “Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer’s Families and the Search for a Cure.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
He went on to establish a Hollywood career, starring in films like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him To The Greek.
From BBC • May 30, 2025
Forgetting to declare a bag of frog embryos to customs agents at the airport, work materials for her research at Harvard University.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025
“Star Country” in 1998 preceded the memoir “Past Forgetting: My Memory Lost and Found,” which came out in 1999.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024
Forgetting everything else, Emily ran and lifted the book from the island.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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