How to Use reminiscence in a Sentence

reminiscence

noun
  • Many folks shared reminiscences of the old days.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Ah, reminiscences of days working on an oil rig gone by!
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 May 2026
  • And all around us, the seeds of false reminiscence are being sewn.
    — Brian Resnick, Vox, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Curreri sang his first lines with a sort of weary reminiscence.
    — Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Brooks isn’t too macho to tear up during these reminiscences.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The same fumes that tinge my childhood reminiscences have been poisoning us and our earth all the while.
    — Tony Rehagen, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2019
  • The last night for the popular nightspot was filled with reminiscences, tears and laughter.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The children who had only a few years with him offer reminiscences, as do his sister and a cousin.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Those are notions that, as this winning little film reminiscence makes clear, are common to us all.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
  • The whole walk after Crum Hall was maybe a mile, part reminiscence and part photo opp.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Mar. 2022
  • He was impressed by the evocative nature of his reminiscence.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The interview is centered on reminiscences of the start of Leo’s adult life.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Yet tears feature in one of the few personal reminiscences shared by Mr Ren.
    — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The story was first sparked by my reading someone else’s reminiscences about youth, on Facebook.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
  • Most of Ruhl’s reminiscences, though, don’t involve heroes of the classroom.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2025
  • But showrunner Scott Neustadter always felt like perhaps that reminiscence didn't give us the full truth.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • As a result, 'Girls' is a bittersweet comedic reminiscence of what was a tragic time in pop culture.
    — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The vivid intricacy of their reminiscences delights me but doesn’t surprise me.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • It’s been a decade of reminiscence and reflection for Bruce Springsteen.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The black and white with gray pieces in the collection are inspired by a reminiscence of cinematic history.
    — Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
  • One reason for this is that people tend to be marked most by events in their adolescence or young adulthood—a phenomenon known as the reminiscence bump.
    — Laura Spinney, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2020
  • And Donna, the owner of those halcyon reminiscences, will have her own naiveté about childhood tested.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 4 July 2024
  • The book opens with a reminiscence from DeVille’s adolescence in the late ’90s.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This is where the reminiscence of the Old West ends, and a new experience of modern luxury begins.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • That something unique was the thoughts and reminiscences of Benjamin Murmelstein, who died in 1989.
    — Kenneth Turan, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
  • Tucker's reminiscences of her late father led off her remarks at the announcement in the Hall of Fame rotunda amid the banks of bronze plaques.
    — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Your mind might just as easily register a cold, shivery reminiscence of Bluebeard, with the young girl doomed to be the next victim of the old serial killer.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
  • What most of these back-in-the-day remembrances and fond reminiscences gloss over, though, is the sillier side of what is also known, for better or worse, known as the '90s.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 23 May 2019
  • The film, which is directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne, and is for adult viewers, includes archival clips and reminiscences from Didion.
    — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2017
  • To reminiscence, order three dozen pierogi of your choice — made to order, frozen, and shipped — pop them in boiling, salted water for a few minutes, and serve with a side of applesauce and sour cream.
    — Amy Schulman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2020

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