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self-forgetful

[self-fer-get-fuhl, self-] / ˈsɛlf fərˈgɛt fəl, ˌsɛlf- /


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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

She is always patient, always self-forgetful, and her obedience to her 'doctor,' as she calls me, is too touching, too entirely confiding and childlike.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare


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