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MEMORABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Worth remembering
Classified under:
Similar:
unforgettable (impossible to forget)
Context examples:
In this memorable year ’95, a curious and incongruous succession of cases had engaged his attention, ranging from his famous investigation of the sudden death of Cardinal Tosca—an inquiry which was carried out by him at the express desire of His Holiness the Pope—down to his arrest of Wilson, the notorious canary-trainer, which removed a plague-spot from the East End of London.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Seldom except in books do the dying utter memorable words, see visions, or depart with beatified countenances, and those who have sped many parting souls know that to most the end comes as naturally and simply as sleep.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Once again, let me pause upon a memorable period of my life.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It should be a memorable evening where love rules.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Finally he described, amongst some merriment, the ingenious but highly dangerous aeronautic invention of Professor Challenger, and wound up a most memorable address by an account of the methods by which the committee did at last find their way back to civilization.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was to be decided whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of two of my fellow beings: one a smiling babe full of innocence and joy, the other far more dreadfully murdered, with every aggravation of infamy that could make the murder memorable in horror.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
I felt uncomfortable about going down to breakfast in the morning, as I had never set eyes on Mr. Murdstone since the day when I committed my memorable offence.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Single or attached, the weekend of December 7-8 may be one of your favorites—it could be memorable for attending a party or enjoying dinner at a special occasion restaurant.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
In those days there was a side-entrance to the stable-yard of the Golden Cross, the inn so memorable to me in connexion with his misfortune, nearly opposite to where we stood.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
February could become the most memorable month of the year for you, with each day building on the day before as you move through the month.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
