is forgetting
- present progressive of forget (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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He’s famous enough to be opening on Broadway in “King Lear,” but he has to be pushed onstage and is forgetting lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
The federation accused Romania’s government is forgetting the “heroism shown by health professionals” during the pandemic.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
"Nowadays everyone is forgetting Afghanistan... No one is speaking about this, all the news is about other things," she said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2022
Or is forgetting the details of a dessert a good thing, given that everyday life is filled with an enormous number of details, too many for a finite human brain to remember accurately?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2021
‘You is talking too loud! You is forgetting that I is hearing every little thingalingaling fifty times louder than usual and there you is shouting away right inside my ear!’
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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