How to Use memory in a Sentence

memory

noun
  • That time is just a dim memory to me now.
  • We have pleasant memories of the trip.
  • I seem to have very little memory of that time in my life.
  • The happiness of those times is still vivid in my memory.
  • Dad has a selective memory: he remembers the times he was right and forgets the times he was wrong.
  • He began to lose his memory as he grew older.
  • His name evokes memories of a happier time.
  • Her name has faded from memory.
  • The sudden shock jogged his memory and everything came flooding back into his mind.
  • There are a handful of cases that stand out in her memory.
    Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The town got so much more special for me because of all the wedding memories.
    Rachel Desantis, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This song touches on both sides of the coin, the sweet memories and the bitter feelings.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • These hoses are very flexible, do not have any coil memory, and rarely kink as a result.
    Kate Morgan, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Doc Watson might be my earliest memory, hearing him on my dad’s big reel-to-reel tape recorder.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Designer Michelle Boudreau has bright memories of this home, as many others in Palm Springs do.
    Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Loss of memory or changes to cognitive ability are common symptoms of AD.
    Janelle McSwiggin, Msn, Health, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This may, in fact, be the least horny Dracula in recent memory—an impressive feat, given that he's played by Nic Cage.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 Apr. 2023
  • As temperatures continue to rise, the need for an overabundance of layers, heavy outerwear, and long sleeves is now a distant memory.
    Ali Faccenda, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In order to protect itself, the brain dissociates, or blocks out certain memories and experiences.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Betwixt Dear Betwixt: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to dredge up my own childhood memory.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2023
  • And this week, several of those threads converged to deliver Fox one of its most existentially challenging stretches in recent memory.
    Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The sight of this car brought back memories of his birth home.
    David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The memories of the 46 years the men had together are all around him.
    Andrés González, NBC News, 26 June 2024
  • Decades and decades of memories that are flooding through, and all of those emotions charge the air in the venue.
    Eda Yu, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The most iconic memory here, though, is from that first race in ’78.
    Brad Spurgeon, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The 2002 loss to Bob Stoops’ group didn’t get a Daniel Moore painting so memories are there to be made.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 15 June 2023
  • The process left a deep wound in both nations’ memories.
    M. Fahad Humayun, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
  • He is missed by many but my memory of him makes my heart smile.
    Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The area has changed, and so have I. My memories of that time and place are bittersweet.
    Meta Valentic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • This year is shaping up to be one of the best years for video games in recent memory.
    Gene Park, Washington Post, 21 July 2023

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