fail to recall

Example Sentences

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I fail to recall the names of some men I once professed to love, but try as I might, I do not forget those lines.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2018

Studies have shown that a victim of a crime may remember a specific piece of information from the horrid event, such as the attacker's jacket or a strange smell, but fail to recall other details.

From Scientific American • Nov. 30, 2012

Later Eisman would fail to recall what Wing Chau looked like, what he wore, where he’d come from, or what he ate and drank—everything but the financial idea he represented.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

And we may yet meet at the mansion of Savenaye, in Paris," she went on gaily, "my good uncle and fair cousins, for the King cannot fail to recall his faithful supporter.

From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton

You will not marvel now that I fail to recall very distinctly the general talk which followed.

From In the Valley by Frederic, Harold