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

He claimed at the tribunal in August that he had suffered from anxiety and depression, while a union representative said he "had suffered from a recognised condition that day, known as transient global amnesia".

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

The millennial icon, as luminous as ever, plays a filthy-rich hotel heiress named Sierra Belmont, who develops amnesia after bumping her head in a skiing accident.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

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

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

“And Mami’s lost, so he must be especially interested in her. In all the people like her. People with amnesia and shell shock.”

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer