Sentence examples for forgetting from inspiring English sources

The word "forgetting" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to the act of no longer remembering something, or in the context of leaving something behind or not taking something into consideration. For example: "I'm forgeting the time we spent together, as if it never happened."

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forgetting

verb

Present participle of forget

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Jezebel, the popular women's website, has posted a story, describing in lingering detail, the much-feared-but-never-spoken-of experience of forgetting to remove a tampon (after 10 days it smelled of "rotting fish meets sewage meets Black Death").

Any actor will tell you that part of the joy of acting is losing yourself, forgetting yourself, as small children do when they play; returning to a point where there was just ‘me’ – before the burden of ‘I’ existed.

Is he in danger of forgetting his roots?

Perhaps forgetting that there was a child at the table, the bearded gift-giver was soon being discussed by the adults in a strangely cynical way.

"He's been responsible for the kind of things that have led to the rise of the extremists … Forgetting that responsibility is something we can't do – but getting to accountability is not easy".

Not forgetting that with every action, you are deepening their loyalty to your cause.

They may not go up this season but they are determined to build proper foundations for the future, without forgetting the lessons of the past.

There is even a very rare Carlyle anecdote about how he waltzed into the school playground in psychedelic shirt, shorts, and waist-length hair, only to be sent home by the teacher for forgetting to wear shoes.

"I keep forgetting that most people are totally friggin' oblivious to how they are being programmed and controlled from birth upwards from your name, being a 'citizen', which basically enters you into a contract, it goes on from there".

He rattled through the stories of Turing's peculiarities – burying his silver bullion and then forgetting where; chaining his mug to his radiator; cycling in his gas mask to ward off hay fever.

From the comfort of the moral high ground the SNP railed against the Liberal Democrats for U-turning on tuition fees, conveniently forgetting that its own 2007 pledge to write off student debt had never been implemented.

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