recollective
Example Sentences
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Mike Nichols' direction and Neil Simon's quip hand are faster than the most jaded playgoer's recollective eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thaddeus felt the scene in his own recollective heart.
From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter
It has often been observed, that a recollective and retentive memory are seldom found united.
From Practical Education, Volume II by Maria Edgeworth
The power of retentive memory is exercised too much, the faculty of recollective memory is exercised too little, by the common modes of education.
From Practical Education, Volume I by Maria Edgeworth
When it is injured, remembrance is impaired; and, on the other hand, an accident has been known to improve the recollective faculties.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
