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How to use amnesia in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Amnesia means loss of memory; forgetfulness. Example: “The country seems to have a national amnesia about its past.”

Examples of amnesia by meaning

nounLoss of memory; forgetfulness.

  • I lay around my Barnard dorm room listening to Nina Simone records and reading his first novel, “Forgetting Elena,” which takes place in a highly mythopoeticized version of Fire Island and nominally concerns a man with amnesia.2009 October 4, Stacey D’Erasmo, “Glory Days”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021
  • They must have amnesia, they forgot that I'm him2023, PLUMMCORP RECORDS, 0:33 from the start, in dracula flow 3

nounForgetfulness.

  • a state of cultural amnesia

More sentences with amnesia

  • The country seems to have a national amnesia about its past.From the entry national amnesia
  • Anterograde amnesia is a loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia.From the entry anterograde
  • It is flamboyant yet unmemorable, like a screen saver, its refusal to freeze insuring instant amnesia.2012, A. Krista Sykes, Constructing a New Agenda: Architectural Theory 1993-2009, →ISBN. From the entry junkspace
  • Apparently suffering from amnesia and paralysis of vocal chords (? both feigned).1953, Ian Fleming, “Dossier for M”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 19. From the entry DP
  • They must have amnesia, they forgot that I'm him.2023, PLUMMCORP RECORDS, 0:33 from the start, in dracula flow 3. From the entry him
  • She’s lighting up some sensis, he’s lighting up amnesias.2015, “Man Don’t Care”, in Integrity, performed by Jme and Giggs. From the entry sensi
  • Let us not suffer from a national amnesia that causes us to forget who and what we are.1996, Meir Kahane, Or hara'ayon = The Jewish idea, →OCLC. From the entry national amnesia
  • But the black church also operates out of a constructive cultural amnesia still clinging to remnants of the malignant forms of Christianity offered by slaveholders.2004 July, Barbara Ann Holmes, Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church, Fortress Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 40. From the entry whiteanity
  • Damon plays Jason Bourne, a C.I.A. superassassin with amnesia who is chased across Europe in the company of a charming German waif (Ms.2002 July 12, New York Times, “Movie Guidework”, in nytimes.com, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2018. From the entry superassassin
  • Typical hypnotic phenomena such as handlock, involuntary body immobility, and selective amnesia were produced by direct suggestion alone, without trance induction, although trance subjects showed more of the phenomena.1963, Ernest Adolf Spiegel, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, page 616. From the entry handlock

Meaning of amnesia

  1. noun Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
  2. noun Forgetfulness.
  3. noun A potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.

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Questions about amnesia in a sentence

How do you use amnesia in a sentence?
Amnesia is used as a noun. For example: “The country seems to have a national amnesia about its past.”
What is a short sentence with amnesia?
“a state of cultural amnesia”
What does amnesia mean?
Amnesia means loss of memory; forgetfulness.

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