Sentence examples for spark a memory from inspiring English sources

"Hopefully, this will stir something in people's minds or spark a memory," he said.

They may avoid situations that might spark a memory of the trauma, and will sometimes try to deaden their feelings with drink or drugs.

In a bid to spark a memory, despairing Nicola riffled photo albums under her addled hubby's nose, but to no avail.

Sometimes a picture of a face would spark a memory even if the subject had never before seen that face, and in these cases the brain activity pattern closely mimicked that of a real memory.

There was deep love of a filial kind in It's My Story: Living in the Memory Room, in which Kim Normanton described how she's dealt with her mother's dementia by using the latest technique, what you might call historical immersion – collecting items that might spark a memory and a conversation, reaching her mother by delving into her past.

You never know what will spark a memory.

Her question sparks a memory.

Each item, no matter how ordinary, sparks a memory.

Nothing sparked a memory beyond that gauzy image of floating leaves.

Stroll with Ms. White along Court Street and she can tell you story after story; every building sparks a memory.

The news sparked a memory of the way that the late Christopher Hitchens, one of Rushdie's closest and most loyal friends, reacted to the first news of Khomeini's declaration.