self-forgetful
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of self-forgetful
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Such a self-forgetful statement speaks to the growth that Kelce has experienced during his time in Kansas City.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022
Or, watching a friend gain momentum on the dance floor and begin to enter a self-forgetful trance: “Esoooo! Des-po-jo!”
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021
The girl, momentarily self-forgetful, is absorbed in her process, “hunkered over her drawing pad, / humming, for an hour.”
From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019
“The nineteenth century in India was imitative, self-forgetful, artificial. It aimed at a successful reproduction of Europe in India,” he wrote in his publication Karmayogin in 1909.
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2015
His manly courage and self-forgetful nobleness were not lost upon the crowd about him, nor upon the country.
From John Brown An Address at the 14th Anniversary of Storer College by Douglass, Frederick
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