FORGOTTEN in a Sentence

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She did not know if the lack of mail service was the cause, or if he had merely trifled with her affections and then forgotten her.

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 Meanings and Examples of FORGOTTEN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
forgotten
 v.  (past participle) be unable to remember a fact
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "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
2  Even in the failing light he saw it was the letter to his wife that he had begun the night before and forgotten to destroy.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  He had already forgotten Scarlett's heartbreak and his mind was only on plaguing his valet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  For the moment, Ashley as Ashley was forgotten.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  She did not realize that, with his encouragement, she had disregarded many of the sternest injunctions of her mother concerning the proprieties, forgotten the difficult lessons in being a lady.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  Evidently he had forgotten the contretemps, or pretended to have forgotten it, for he settled himself on the top step at her feet without mention of their late difference.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  She turned away, for the doctor had forgotten her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  His face looked set and absent, as though he had forgotten where he was.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  Her sore foot, forgotten in the excitement, now gave a tremendous throb that made her grit her teeth and shift her weight to the heel.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  She jumped as a slight noise sounded and, turning quickly, saw crouched by the banisters her forgotten son, his eyes enormous with terror.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
11  She did not know if the lack of mail service was the cause, or if he had merely trifled with her affections and then forgotten her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  For Ashley, spring was back again, that half- forgotten balmy spring of green rustlings and murmurings, a spring of ease and indolence, careless days when the desires of youth were warm in his body.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
13  If he's forgotten me, I'll make him remember me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
14  "I hadn't forgotten," she said wretchedly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
15  The crowd stood in the hot sun as if enchanted to the ground and whatever wrath they had felt for Suellen was forgotten.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
Example Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten.
2  We've never forgotten about the truth.
3  What is soon learnt is soon forgotten.
4  Pain is forgotten where gain follows.
5  If your next record's a bit iffy, you're forgotten.
6  I'd completely forgotten about the money he owed me.
7  I'm in such a muddle, I'd completely forgotten you were coming today.
8  The plans mouldered away in a forgotten corner of the office.
9  A person thinks unforgettable memories,maybe someone else already forgotten.
10  I've forgotten where they live exactly.
11  I had a nagging feeling that I had forgotten something.
12  Men have forgotten this truth.
13  One group of people seems to be forgotten, namely pensioners.
14  Sound love is not soon forgotten.
15  In place waiting for one person, may not have thought about, maybe that person had been there long forgotten here.