half-forgotten

adjective

1. having been nearly forgotten

   a half-forgotten dream

Example Sentences

Lepore tracks the obstacles within “the frantic, paranoid bunker mentality of the Cold War,” showcasing half-forgotten figures — Native activist Vine Deloria, Sen. Birch Bayh, Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink — all committed to expanding rights of women and minorities, stirring backlash.

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The idea of teenage delinquents in ducktail haircuts strolling through the Manhattan slums, clicking their fingers in unison and protecting their turf, was already quaint lore from the half-forgotten Eisenhower era.

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It’s a gold rushlet so far: lots of wishful thinking that half-forgotten old mines still have new gold to yield up a dozen or so decades after the first ore was dredged out there.

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Simpson was a defining part of a turbulent era, news of his death rippled through families and friend groups Thursday as a collection of vivid images or half-forgotten personal connections.

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Its status as a half-forgotten outsider of American independent cinema makes a weird sort of sense.

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