oblivious
adjective
unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of orto ).
self-oblivious
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a word derived from
oblivious.
Example Sentences
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Ramsey stared again and suddenly fell into that soft, rippling laugh, keen, merry, self-oblivious, which forty excusing adjectives would not have excused to her nurse.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable
But then, passing beyond this, we may dwell, though all imperfectly, upon the features, familiar as they are, of that wonderful life of self-oblivious and self-sacrificing ministration to others.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Alexander Maclaren
For thou hast earned a mighty boon, The truths which wisest poets see 85 Dimly, thy mind may make its own, Rewarding its own majesty, Entranced in some diviner mood Of self-oblivious solitude.
From The Daemon of the World by Percy Bysshe Shelley
When I am sleeping under the daisies in the lonely churchyard, you will say to yourself, He was my friend, my more than brother: he loved me with a loyal and self-oblivious devotion.
From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Frederic Mayer Bird
There was a self-oblivious kindness in his murmur as he refused a seat.
From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable
