recollecting

Example Sentences

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“Before the fire was even reported, I walked outside and I smelled the fire,” Dudelson says, recollecting details over the phone, with his girlfriend by his side to corroborate the account.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

Greene nearly swooned recollecting the interaction in an interview afterward.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2024

Queen Camilla empathised with Mr Oborne, telling him: "It must be very difficult recollecting it all."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

Like the Sto:lo, many Coast Salish groups in the Pacific Northwest have oral traditions recollecting dogs whose coiled undercoats were spun into fibers and woven into elaborately patterned blankets.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023

Miss Kenton, I thought, became visibly happier when I talked about the house and soon we were recollecting together various old memories, frequently laughing over them.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro