beyond recall

Example Sentences

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Some memories were beyond recall, even with the photos.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

From the late seventies, when the glamour seemed beyond recall, she sequestered herself in her Paris apartment.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2015

The basic gist, that once fallen by the wayside “she” is gone beyond recall, remains embedded in our culture.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2013

You're supposed to remember the sights, the sounds, the smells, the roar of the crowd, but those things are all hazy beyond recall.

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2011

‘And I have nothing to bind it with, or comfort it. I would have spared him a whole hand of mine rather. But he’s gone now beyond recall, gone for ever.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien