recollection - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- conversation: Mr Donald then gave his reasons for why I should prefer Dr. Clark's recollection of the conversation.
- incident: Upon reverting to normal, the usual consciousness has no recollection of the incident.
- event: Women athletes from all over the world have strong recollections of the event.
- Mrs: Mrs Torrible has no recollection of Mrs Hardacre, which is not surprising given the time that has now elapsed.
- dream: These results show that zacatechichi administration appears to enhance the number and/or recollection of dreams during sleeping periods.
- past: Anyone is invited to send in their stories or recollections of the past.
Converse of object
- have: I admit I have only a sketchy recollection of exactly who was here to meet us off the plane.
- preserve: I have not a map of the Pacific, but my memory has preserved a very clear recollection of its southern part.
- retain: His after-show parties went on for days and were legendary among those who retained any recollection of them.
- bring: I have some slides & pics from both trips which bring back fond recollections.
- contain: It contains recollections from players, the public and Billy's family, as well as fascinating observations from the author.
Adjective modifier
- vague: I have only a vague recollection of either game.
- vivid: To this day I have a vivid recollection of taking the message on 22nd January 1901 which began: " The Queen died.
- imperfect: When I arrived in the country I had an imperfect recollection of the events of the 1980s.
- hazy: Derby: My two-penneth - Nigel Sykes Here's my hazy recollections from Satdi's snooze-fest.
- dim: He also has dim recollections of his encounter with Ofelia, the spitting image of the woman in the portrait in the sitting room.
- fond: I have some slides & pics from both trips which bring back fond recollections.
Modifies a noun
- maeda: The lit ends recollections quot maeda 's ma quot of suffers no cultural.
- quot: The lit ends recollections quot maeda's ma quot of suffers no cultural.
Noun used with modifier
- childhood: I have a suspicion that most of my childhood recollections will start with " Bob and I " .
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