self-forgetful
Example Sentences
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Such a self-forgetful statement speaks to the growth that Kelce has experienced during his time in Kansas City.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
Or, watching a friend gain momentum on the dance floor and begin to enter a self-forgetful trance: “Esoooo! Des-po-jo!”
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
The girl, momentarily self-forgetful, is absorbed in her process, “hunkered over her drawing pad, / humming, for an hour.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 1, 2019
“The nineteenth century in India was imitative, self-forgetful, artificial. It aimed at a successful reproduction of Europe in India,” he wrote in his publication Karmayogin in 1909.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2015
Generosity is self-forgetful kindness in disposition or action; it includes much besides giving; as, the generosity of forgiveness.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
