FORGETFUL in a Sentence

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For FORGETFUL, below is one of 346 sentences:
There is an unconscious heeling process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget.

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 Meanings and Examples of FORGETFUL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
forgetful
 a.  not mindful or attentive
 a.  failing to keep in mind
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He passed the entire day with him, forgetful of food and sleep, praying to God for the soul of the condemned man, and praying the condemned man for his own.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
2  Thus he proceeded for some time, walking on without ceasing, traversing at random streets of which he knew nothing, forgetful of his fatigue, as is often the case when a man is sad.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
3  As she swept the staircase, she paused, remained standing there motionless, forgetful of her broom and of the entire universe, occupied in gazing at that star which was blazing at the bottom of her pocket.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
4  Jean Valjean was fascinated by the contemplation of those tiny fingers on that flower, and forgetful of everything in the radiance emitted by that child.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG
5  She was rather heedless than forgetful.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER I—PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HA...
6  She was quick to learn, but forgetful and dreamy, and not disposed to take the matter seriously.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
7  She smiled a bright hot smile which was forgetful of time or place or anything but the memory of his mouth on hers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
8  If you are so forgetful of my favors at her hands, I am not.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
9  She was conscious of having been forgetful, awkward and slow to learn.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
10  In such words he pleaded, clasping the altars; the Lord omnipotent heard, and cast his eye on the royal city and the lovers forgetful of their fairer fame.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FOURTH
11  Neither is Queen Juno forgetful of us.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SEVENTH
12  All the little duties were faithfully done each day, and many of her sisters' also, for they were forgetful, and the house seemed like a clock whose pendulum was gone a-visiting.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
13  She took it, however, as she spoke, and the gratification of having her do so, of feeling such a connexion for the first time, made him a little forgetful of Fanny.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
14  "Maybe she's forgotten it," Mattie said in a tremulous whisper; but both of them knew that it was not like Zeena to forget.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
15  No, I didn't forget; but it's as dark as Egypt outdoors.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
Example Sentence: (136 in 10 pages)
16  You use your gentle eyes, killed who want to forget you.
17  We should never remember the benefit we have offered nor forget the favour received.
18  What we learn with pleasure we never forget.
19  He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows one should never remember it.
20  There is an unconscious heeling process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget.
21  I can forget you, don't worry, I will be very hard.
22  There you are, I knew you'd forget if you didn't write it down.
23  Today, forget your past, forgive yourself and begin again.
24  The best way to forget a relationship is another new beginning a relationship.
25  Don't forget to lock the door behind you.
26  Don't upset yourself about it-let's just forget it ever happened.
27  Don't forget to bring your books with you.
28  Don't forget to budget for the cost of textbooks.
29  Before I forget, there was a call from Italy for you.
30  Don't forget to call round one day.