reminisce

[ UK /ɹˌɛmɪnˈɪs/ ]
[ US /ˌɹɛməˈnɪs/ ]
VERB
  1. recall the past
    The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon
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How To Use reminisce In A Sentence

  • It was a simple rectangle of crudely mounded basalt rocks, a distinctive arrangement reminiscent of the way Samoans and other Polynesians marked their dead in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  • As for the national outpouring of ersatz grief, reminiscent of the scenes that followed the death of Princess Diana, it surely spoke not of feeling but of an egotistical inability to feel, compensated for by outward show.
  • On the occasion of his 95th birthday, the city of Paris celebrates his work with an exhibition in the hall of the Hôtel-de-Ville, retracing 75 years of his career, with stories and reminiscences by the artist.
  • It was the least encumbered of all the tenures with obsolete and burdensome features, reminiscent of an older day, when land-holding involved public rights and duties as well as private rights of ownership.
  • Drinking among the upper classes of Persian society, for example, took place at secret parties reminiscent of Greek symposia with their strictly ritualized etiquette and emphasis on poetry and discussion.
  • The way he laughed was strongly reminiscent of his father.
  • The actors themselves are firmly located in contemporary Rome: the vivid specificity of the social milieux is sometimes more reminiscent of satire than of earlier elegy.
  • Her expression collapsed into one of forlorn reminiscence before she continued on in her stranger’s voice. Flowers in the Attic
  • It was reminiscent of the television commercial which shows a cheating singer being chased out of a platteland town when a record he mimes to gets stuck.
  • The jazzy percussion's reminiscent of Liquid Liquid: snaps, shakers, cowbell, and maracas.
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