- present participle of forget.
forgetting
Example Sentences
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"I am slowly forgetting all the tricks," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
—Southwest pilot and pilot podcast host Max Palmer, on wealthy pilots who splurge on boats, cars and planes, forgetting about past layoffs and industry crises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
As memory scholar Paul Connerton has argued, some forms of forgetting are not failures but necessary parts of social life.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Whereas the poem ends with order restored, the film leaves history caught in an endless cycle of collapse, rebirth and forgetting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
“How about me?” chimed in Mawuli, forgetting to cover his mouth this time.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
