forgetter
- a word derived from forget.
Example Sentences
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Social nature, like Nature herself, is a great forgetter.
From Modeste Mignon by Balzac, Honoré de
"Ah, but this is the great forgetter," he said.
From The Man Who Rose Again by Hocking, Joseph
Leave nothing to memory which, alas, too frequently is a splendid "forgetter."
From Camping For Boys by Gibson, Henry William
We are not so stupid or so careless as that imperial forgetter of his dreams, that we should need a seer to remind us of the form of them.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Lodge, Henry Cabot
Was it not agreed between us that the forgotten should exact from the forgetter whatever penalty he chose?
From A Syrup of the Bees by Anonymous