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How to use reminisce in a sentence

13 example sentences · verb, noun

Reminisce means to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically. Example: “He reminisced the old Parvati who was now this Parvati.”

Examples of reminisce by meaning

verbTo remember fondly; to reminisce about.

  • He reminisced the old Parvati who was now this Parvati.2006, Amitava Bhattacharya, Selected Novels of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, page 34
  • She fondly reminisced the two years before marriage when Frank served in the US Army.2012, Satish C. Bhatnagar, Epsilons and Deltas of Life: Everyday Stories, volume 1, page 16

More sentences with reminisce

  • They reminisced over their move to the UK as idealistic Beida graduates, back in the 80s.2023 October 23, Tian Yi, “The Good Son”, in The Guardian. From the entry Beida
  • Li recalled one prospective client who spent most of an hourlong phone call crying as she reminisced about her old home.2023 August 19, Vivian Wang, “In China, Artists Create Miniature Homes From Memories”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York…. From the entry faded
  • Smokers aren’t surprised at the escalating price, reminiscing about recent months gone by when a loosie cost only 25 cents.2008 June 15, Barry Paddock, Kristen Brown, Stephanie Gaskell, “Loosies’ lousy tax price hike: Cig costs a drag, but may force smokers to…. From the entry loosie
  • It was that undertoad what took old Bill's boy clean under the water and never brung him back up,” reminisced Will.2004, Joan Cox, To Love, Honor and Obey, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry undertoad
  • I nevertheless enjoyed reminiscing with Frank Rizzo Jr., who was watching with astonishment as hordes of people continued to traipse through his family home.2019 January 3, Michael Smerconish, “The Nixon letter I can’t forget”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2021. From the entry Rizzo
  • In this LA Beats produced track the boys reminisce on those rooms where you’re greeted by a combination of “bare weed smoke” and “wavy settings”.2017 March 25, Trudy Barry, “1st Listen Review: Section Boyz' 'Soundcheck' mixtape”, in GRM Daily, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2023. From the entry booky
  • I have just visited him at his mother's home where he is spending half term and we reminisced while looking at his photo album.1979, SWT, Social Work Today. From the entry half term
  • Perhaps "crikeycore" is an extension of Australiana nostalgia, where people on social media, especially on TikTok and Reddit, would reminisce about growing up in the land down under.2023 February 16, Erielle Sudario, “Australia gets its own online aesthetic with 'crikeycore'”, in We Got This Covered, archived from the…. From the entry crikeycore
  • And if you just want to come reminisce about the glory days of Weasleycest and your early exposure to Flowers in the Attic, that’s fine too!2012, "Family Relationships in Fanfic [Keeping It in the Family]", Wincon 2012 programme, page 21. From the entry Weasleycest
  • As he guided the bot, Andrews reminisced about his younger days in Wyoming, when he had witnessed a mishandled load of wheat puff out a dusty fog.2005, Greg Bear, Quantico, page 71. From the entry bot
  • Colonel Allen sat transfixed in his jeep, reminiscing as Charlie Company's Jody cadence gradually receded; echoing and re-echoing through honeysuckled foothills he had once traversed as a young officer candidate.2003, William Howard Graley, Of Silent Parades, page 209. From the entry jody cadence

Meaning of reminisce

  1. verb To recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.
  2. verb To talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories.
  3. verb To remember fondly; to reminisce about.

Full definition of reminisce

Questions about reminisce in a sentence

How do you use reminisce in a sentence?
Reminisce is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He reminisced the old Parvati who was now this Parvati.”
What is a short sentence with reminisce?
“He reminisced the old Parvati who was now this Parvati.”
What does reminisce mean?
Reminisce means to recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reminisce (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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