Sentence examples for ancient memory from inspiring English sources

The origins of the Kumbh Mela reside in the ancient memory of this mythology.

It was already an ancient memory two hundred years ago, when Wordsworth came by.

When things get difficult, Kaa goes into a trance and searches his ancient memory for useful tricks.

I was on a car with only a few other people, the exact number and attributes of whom has faded into the fog of ancient memory.

Konner's ability to accommodate ancient memory and modern consciousness, religious identity and secular peoplehood, serves him well in his treatment of Israel.

They did their best to recall names, numbers, images and cards using the ancient "memory palace" technique, in which unfamiliar words and numbers are linked to familiar mental images ingrained in a person's long-term memory.

Great buildings, he said, should "remind you of ancient memories, history".

In a land with ancient memories, the World War II reprisals against the local partisans are fresh.

The Conservatives remain lost in the fog of ancient memories, though at some point, be warned, they will emerge.

* When we are attracted to someone we unconsciously register their odour, because it triggers ancient memories of being cuddled in the first few minutes of life.

Mr. Redlaw, the play's rueful, lonely headmaster, wrestling with ancient memories and the sense of loss they invoke, is no Ebenezer Scrooge.