recollect
Example Sentences
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We made a registry to allow our friends and family to help us recollect the basics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
I recollect that my mother left her jewelry box and its contents to me.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025
I just assume he couldn't recollect or revel in discussions about Count Basie and Duke Ellington and sitting on the bandstand and blowing trumpet with many other people, especially in Hollywood.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025
"When you get older, you think back to the past, and you try to recollect what has happened, and you're almost eaten by the past rather than the present."
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024
“I do—I recollect all you can suggest; and I must have my will—quick, Sam!”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
