half-remembered

adjective

(of a memory, idea, etc) partially remembered or recalled

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Historical Examples

Some half-remembered American phrase of Cousin Egbert's ran in my mind.
Ruggles of Red Gap
Harry Leon Wilson
It's a strange thing, this cropping up of half-remembered faces in new surroundings.
To Kiel in the 'Hercules'
Lewis R. Freeman
And for a vague, bewildered, half-remembered moment we searched frantically up and down the craggy shore of the lagoon.
Kastle Krags
Absalom Martin
He looked about it as one looks on a half-remembered spot visited long ago.
The Adventures of Bobby Orde
Stewart Edward White
This half-remembered Earth filled him with an almost unbearable longing.
The Status Civilization
Robert Sheckley

half-remembered

Examples from the Web for half-remembered

Historical Examples

Some half-remembered American phrase of Cousin Egbert's ran in my mind.

It's a strange thing, this cropping up of half-remembered faces in new surroundings.

And for a vague, bewildered, half-remembered moment we searched frantically up and down the craggy shore of the lagoon.

He looked about it as one looks on a half-remembered spot visited long ago.

This half-remembered Earth filled him with an almost unbearable longing.