REMINISCENCE in a Sentence

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37 example sentences for REMINISCENCE, such as:

1. With that he fell to recalling certain reminiscences.
2. Her music is full of reminiscences of African rhythms.
3. All of us were deeply absorbed in happy reminiscences.
4. The book is a collection of his reminiscences about the actress.
5. Every man has reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends.

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 Meanings and Examples of REMINISCENCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
reminiscence
 n.  recollection; process of remembering
Classic Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1  The music was a reminiscence of tom-toms heard at circus fortune-telling tents or at the Minnesota State Fair, but the whole company pounded and puffed and whined in a sing-song, and looked rapturous.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  Its instability startled me extremely, and I had a queer reminiscence of the childish days when I used to be forbidden to meddle.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XII
3  She turned as if to appeal to the good sense of the others against a refractory child while Aunt Julia gazed in front of her, a vague smile of reminiscence playing on her face.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
4  The strains of the polonaise, which had continued for a considerable time, had begun to sound like a sad reminiscence to Natasha's ears.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XVI
5  With that he fell to recalling certain reminiscences.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
6  Every man has reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: XI
7  I have hundreds of such reminiscences; but at times some one stands out from the hundred and oppresses me.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: XI
8  He was evidently uncomfortable at these reminiscences, and was, I fancy, always afraid that I might take up the same tone again.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: II
9  The little princess, plump and rosy, was sitting in an easy chair with her work in her hands, talking incessantly, repeating Petersburg reminiscences and even phrases.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVIII
10  Mademoiselle Bourienne also shared them and even Princess Mary felt herself pleasantly made to share in these merry reminiscences.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV
11  What she drew from the guitar would have had no meaning for other listeners, but in her imagination a whole series of reminiscences arose from those sounds.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX
12  Sonya, as always, did not quite keep pace with them, though they shared the same reminiscences.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X
13  And he went on to inquiries about the Grand Duke and the state of his health, and to reminiscences of the gay and amusing times he had spent with him in Naples.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV
14  They spoke of personal reminiscences, of amusing scenes they had witnessed during the campaign, and avoided all talk of their present situation.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XIV
15  In the evening I used to go back to the prison, and walk up and down the parade with Mr. Micawber; or play casino with Mrs. Micawber, and hear reminiscences of her papa and mama.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
Example Sentence:
1  Her reminiscence of her summer experience is so fascinating that she ought to write a book.
2  Her music is full of reminiscences of African rhythms.
3  All of us were deeply absorbed in happy reminiscences.
4  The book is a collection of his reminiscences about the actress.
5  We cannot even say that her music is a: pastiche of this composer or that; it is, rather, reminiscent of many musicians.
6  When you have that spiritual connection to the meal, there is more of a reason for families to sit together, to talk, to laugh and to reminisce.