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something remembered from the past; or the act of remembering it- Her best-selling reminiscences of life in rural Mississippi.
- There were many tears, but afterward the house rang with laughter as the reminiscences and stories started.David Almond -- Kit's Wilderness
- [He loses himself in reminiscences.]Arthur Miller -- Death of a Salesman
- This brings up one of my Southern reminiscences, which I will here briefly relate.Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- And if you want to cut off the flow of his reminiscences abruptly, you can always do so by asking if there weren't three manuscript books in the story.H.G. Wells -- The Invisible Man
- He anticipated Father Latour's every wish, shared his reflections, cherished his reminiscences.Willa Cather -- Death Comes for the Archbishop
- She ran a hand slowly through her hair, lost in reminiscence.Nicholas Sparks -- The Wedding
- He sips at his sherry, wipes his lips daintily, smiles a smile of gentle reminiscence.Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
- I only wish to talk a while, pass a moment or two in friendly reminiscence.Don DeLillo -- White Noise
- With such reminiscences I repeopled the woods and lulled myself asleep.Henry David Thoreau -- Walden
- They are reminiscences of the Christminster Colleges.Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure
- She had a way of her own of saying things, which spiced her reminiscences of the village and of her springtime.Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- Thus in this town I didn't see anything familiar, except in reminiscence—as when those Russians made me remember Grandma Lausch.Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
- But Teccam claims that out of all the spirits, only wine is suited to reminiscence.Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
- Bobbie tried to let herself be cheered by this heartening reminiscence.Edith Nesbit -- The Railway Children
- "Well, I'd like to see either of 'em he'p theirselves!" returned Pap Himes with a reminiscence of his former manner.Grace MacGowan Cooke -- The Power and the Glory
- All were engrossed in early-night reminiscences about dreams, figures, premonitions.Toni Morrison -- The Bluest Eye
- There was no choice next morning but to turn in my private reminiscence of Belleville.Russell Baker -- Growing Up
- They were hand in hand now, and the past, the future, reminiscences and dreams, all were confounded in the sweetness of this ecstasy.Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
- I don't want any unfresh reminiscences this morning, buddy," Zooey said, and resumed looking out of the window.J.D. Salinger -- Franny and Zooey
reminiscences = things remembered from the past
reminiscences = things remembered from the past
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