forgetfulness

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of forgetfulness According to her, his reaction wasn’t just forgetfulness but entitlement. Ashley Vega, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025 More powerful than the noise of breaking news or the forgetfulness of scrolling. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025 More powerful than the noise of breaking news or the forgetfulness of scrolling. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgetfulness
Noun
  • My only advice is to NOT believe her if MIL tries to claim ignorance of the dangers that have informed your decision about phones.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But if the joke and the ignorance are equally yoked, people will laugh.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Göring is a frighteningly intelligent individual with very selective blindness.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Guide dogs that assist people with blindness or partial sightedness are a powerful reminder of the bond humans have formed with our four-legged companions.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Within the first two hours online, high-level fighting players had already seemingly mastered the game’s beginner-friendly systems and begun using the easily executable combos to dominate the scene, air juggling hapless newbies into oblivion.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Chandra X-ray Observatory, a sophisticated orbiting telescope, detected an X-ray flare leap from the center of the Milky Way into oblivion, offering nearly conclusive proof.
    Rebecca 'Becca' Dyer, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Forgetfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgetfulness. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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