half-remembered
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He likes ruminating on these spooky, half-remembered spaces.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The rest of the time, though, things are pretty but unfocused, like dreams that are half-remembered, not tangible enough to incur real meaning.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
This and other touches keep suggesting half-remembered bits and bobs from indie crime capers and sketch shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2022
“Trust,” by contrast, works like a half-remembered nightmare, its shadows more frightening than its monsters.
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2021
She’d spent decades with the dead, listening to them yearn for past lives that were only half-remembered, distorted by nostalgia.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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