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.
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 15 June 2023
• When the memory of the loss flashed in Brzykcy’s mind this week, the sixth-year senior couldn’t help but laugh.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• The process left a deep wound in both nations’ memories.
  — M. Fahad Humayun, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
• The landing spot does have a bad past memory for Billups.
  — oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2022
• This song touches on both sides of the coin, the sweet memories and the bitter feelings.
  — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
• What are some of your best memories on the show, behind the scenes or onscreen?
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
• He is missed by many but my memory of him makes my heart smile.
  — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2024
• Egan seems to assert that memory and epiphany are linked, and that the point of returning to the past isn’t to have again.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2022
• The best works evoke both the melancholic haze of visual memory and the lightness of the funny pages.
  — Emily Bobrow, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2022
• 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
• As Sprouse and Palvin grieve the passing of Magnus, his memory lives on.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• Derek was talking about the 800 up-downs, just the amount of stories and memories that come back over this place.
  — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2023
• Rather he is faced with a more pressing loss — that of his memory.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024
• Snag that for a 10/10 gift that shows off shopping skills *and* your memory.
  — seventeen.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• Fans and followers took to the content creator's comments sections on various posts to share kind words in honor of Ortiz's memory.
  — Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
• Synopsis: Pierre, a young man who lives in Paris with his father, travels to his native Tunisia in search of his early childhood and distant memories, including that of his long-since- deceased mother.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025

Last Updated: 20 Mar 2025