forgetting

Example Sentences

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The narrative possibilities of willful forgetting allow Balda’s wool-clad characters to extend themselves far past the boundaries of George’s field and into the hearts of younger and older viewers alike.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

It’s a scrubbing of the past, an act of forgetting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

A driver on California's notoriously congested highways put a life-sized dummy in the passenger seat to trick his way into the faster carpool lane, only to get caught for forgetting one detail -- the face.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Emulating Koufax is hard, but forgetting him is unforgivable.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Whenever I forget to take the chicken out of the freezer, she lectures me—and then proceeds to prosecute me for forgetting to turn in my language arts essay.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer