Sentence examples for upon memory from inspiring English sources

The moral and spiritual stress of the form falls upon memory rather than on the critical faculty.

Whatever the nature of these tradition bearers, the continued existence of an item of oral literature depends upon memory.

The style shows a conscious effort to work less directly from nature and to rely more upon memory.

He was eager to answer everything she asked (though she recognizes that he drew upon memory more for its fictional possibilities than for facts), and encouraged family and friends to talk freely.

As part of this investigation, federal officials found that staff members who were supposed to track detention requests appeared "to rely upon memory or handwritten notes on files," and in any case, could not communicate with the detainees in Spanish.

Such transactions between the environment and the individual may be said to exert an integrating and organizing influence upon memory traces stored in the nervous system and to affect the patterns in which sensory engrams are activated to produce experiences called images, fantasies, dreams, or hallucinations, as well as the emotions associated with these patterns.

Before I had a chance to process this stumbled-upon memory, however, it began to rain.

We need to begin by working upon memories.

The Taniguchi design, which builds upon memories of the International Style, should be a fine spot for all us modern Mnemosynes to get together and reminisce about modernities to come.

The galumphing fuzz-guitar riff of "Memories" opens proceedings with Ade Blackburn reflecting upon "memories of the pieces of a puzzle you once had" – a perfect description of their musical methods – before turning his attention to "Tomorrow", whose acoustic blues guitar motif is partnered with an astringent electric guitar counterpoint and typically enigmatic harmonies.

The flashbacks are to events that tea has somehow impressed upon the memory better than any other device.