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What comes to mind when thinking of reminisce?
Do you remember, say, the 21st night of September? Fantastic. Earth, Wind, and Fire does, too, on their classic hit from 1978, “September.” More than remember, the band reminisces—that is, they share details and express feelings about what they remember: dancing, a bell ringing, souls singing, et al. Reminisce distinguishes itself from words like remember and recollect by implying a casual recalling of experiences long past, often with a sense of nostalgia. Reminisce and its relatives reminiscence and reminiscent all trace back to the Latin verb reminisci, meaning “remember.” Reminisci in turn shares roots with mens, the Latin word for “mind.”
Examples of reminisce in a Sentence
David Wild, Rolling Stone, 13 May 1993
When relatives reminisce about my great-grandfather, they almost always precede it with some reference to his affection for me.
—Donna Tartt, Harper's, July 1992
We had apple fritters, roast chicken, an enormous lunch, with Mrs. Truman talkative, easy, and the President reminiscing and telling jokes.
—Lady Bird Johnson 2 Sept. 1965,,
A White House Diary, 1970
He reminisced with old buddies at his high school reunion.
She reminisced about her time in Europe.
Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Being able to reminisce about the details of your wedding day or recall a tumultuous encounter with a friend is all thanks to sequential memory.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
The family then started to reminisce about their lives with Hawkins.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Fey and Hamm sat down together for Interview Magazine to reminisce about their careers and promote his new prestige drama, Your Friends and Neighbors.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Reminisce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reminisce. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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