half-remembered
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The folk hero of the American Revolution was only half-remembered in Massachusetts and almost totally forgotten everywhere else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Her lyrics are pulled from half-remembered dreams, speaking of herself in immersive, surreal contradiction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
I didn't want to hear the pseudo-intellectual assertion that you must "separate the art from the artist" in response, a claim rooted in half-remembered English lit classes.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2022
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
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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