RECALL in a Sentence

Learn RECALL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

310 example sentences for RECALL, such as:

1. He made a decision past recall.
2. He made a decision beyond recall.
3. His paintings recall the style of Picasso.
4. I can't recall who gave me the information.
5. I don't recall seeing any cars parked outside.

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 Meanings and Examples of RECALL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
recall
 v.  remember; call back; cause to be returned
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I must pause here, for it requires all my fortitude to recall the memory of the frightful events which I am about to relate, in proper detail, to my recollection.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
2  This figure of the study and the cloister, as Hester Prynne's womanly fancy failed not to recall, was slightly deformed, with the left shoulder a trifle higher than the right.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In II. THE MARKET-PLACE
3  If in all these past seven years," thought he, "I could recall one instant of peace or hope, I would yet endure, for the sake of that earnest of Heaven's mercy.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
4  He could not but recall how feebly, and with what frequent pauses for breath he had toiled over the same ground, only two days before.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
5  And with this pleasing anticipation, she sat down to reconsider the past, recall the words and endeavour to comprehend all the feelings of Edward; and, of course, to reflect on her own with discontent.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 40
6  Her affection for me deserved better treatment, and I often, with great self-reproach, recall the tenderness which, for a very short time, had the power of creating any return.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 44
7  I do not recall that I felt any tenderness of conscience in reference to Mrs. Joe, when the fear of being found out was lifted off me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
8  With these fears upon me, I began either to imagine or recall that I had had mysterious warnings of this man's approach.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
9  When Mr. Wopsle had imparted to me all that he could recall or I extract, and when I had treated him to a little appropriate refreshment, after the fatigues of the evening, we parted.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLVII
10  Whether it was the following Sunday when I saw the gentleman again, or whether there was any greater lapse of time before he reappeared, I cannot recall.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE
11  As I recall our being opposed thus, face to face, I seem again to hear my heart beat fast and high.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
12  But they recall no feeling of disgust or reluctance.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
13  I recall these things that I may be contradicted if I am wrong.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
14  I try in vain to recall how I felt about it, and what its circumstances were; but it is not momentous in my recollection.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
15  Hence, on three or four days that I can at once recall, we went our several ways after an early breakfast, and met again at a late dinner.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
Example Sentence: (100 in 7 pages)
16  I must rub up my memory and recall where I met him.
17  He has complete recall and never forgets anything.
18  I can't recall who gave me the information.
19  He made a decision beyond recall.
20  As I recall , it was you who suggested this idea in the first place.
21  I don't recall seeing any cars parked outside.
22  If you cast your mind back, you might recall that I never promised to go.
23  As you may recall, she had a little sister who was five years old then.
24  I recall Rosie waxing lyrical about the flatness of his stomach.
25  She was wearing a rather brief skirt, as I recall.
26  I recall many discussions with her on these and kindred topics.
27  I have no idea what she said, something about airline travel, I seem to recall.
28  He made a decision past recall.
29  His paintings recall the style of Picasso.
30  She could easily recall the smell of the orange groves.