amnesia

Example Sentences

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Desperate to escape the confinement of her home life, Dilara becomes drawn to these women, and “The Renovation” delves further into the themes of emigration, amnesia and incarceration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Transient global amnesia is a sudden, temporary interruption of short-term memory.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

By now the historical amnesia is almost total.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

The task now is endurance: Organizing, documenting, refusing amnesia.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

Months ago, before Percy got amnesia, they’d had dinner in Paris one night, compliments of Hermes.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan