half-forgotten
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Their journey was a reminder of something our nation, amid chronic acrimony, might have half-forgotten: When we choose to work together, we can do anything.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
This is where the oils live, and the spices, and the half-forgotten jars of jam, olives, vinegars and other bits of kitchen ephemera that have been quietly waiting for their moment.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026
Its status as a half-forgotten outsider of American independent cinema makes a weird sort of sense.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
A half-forgotten villa tucked into a sleepy valley in the Carpathian Mountains became Nevermore, the boarding school that Wednesday attends.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023
And yet, when the half-forgotten, hoped-for letter finally arrived, she had already made up her mind.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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