half-remembered
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Her lyrics are pulled from half-remembered dreams, speaking of herself in immersive, surreal contradiction.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
Dispatches from a saner time of millennial life like “Up Down” and “Can’t Believe It” landed like an envelope of Instax photos from a half-remembered house party.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
I didn't want to hear the pseudo-intellectual assertion that you must "separate the art from the artist" in response, a claim rooted in half-remembered English lit classes.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2022
Her lyrics are vulnerable but uncomplicated, as raw as journal jottings, or as slippery half-remembered inspirational quotes that floated out of the Internet and into the forefront of her consciousness.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021
It was like listening to a half-remembered voice.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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