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Forgot is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Forgot | Forgotten

Forgot meaning

  1. simple past of forget
  2. past participle of forget

Using Forgot

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past of forget | past participle of forget
  • In the example corpus, forgot often appears in combinations such as: forgot to, forgot about, you forgot.

Context around Forgot

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
  • Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

crammed 1× boss 1× anakin 1× completely 1× constable 1× actually 1× mother 1× brown 1× republicans 1× zane 1×

Often after:

tom 1×

Sentence patterns with Forgot

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

anakin forgot his dream 1× and then forgot about it 1× brown forgot how much 1× but i forgot that hollowness 1× but i forgot that nobody 1× but zane forgot he had 1× click the forgot your password 1× don t forgot tom hanks 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but i forgot 2× a lorry driver 1× a special constable 1× a toddler died 1× all sought time 1× anakin forgot his 1×

Common sentence endings:

a brain tumour 1× a county coroner 1× along the information 1× delight of tatum 1× few days before 1× forgot 13 percent 1×

Words around Forgot

Just before it in the word index:

forgone 23 forgoing 54 forgoes 16 forgo 148 forgiving 182 forgives 32

Just after it in the word index:

forgotten 1.698 forgrieve 2 forgues 2 forhan 3 fori 5 foria 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

abundant 731 archaeological 731 foremost 731 honda 731 knot 731 manga 731

Corpus analysis for Forgot

  • In this selection, "forgot" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, crammed, boss, anakin and tom stand out and add context to how "forgot" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include anakin forgot his dream and and then forgot about it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "forgot" sits close to words such as abundant, archaeological and foremost, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with forgot

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But Zane forgot he had appointed her. (7 words)

All sought time and then forgot about it. (8 words)

But I forgot that nobody else knew that,” she added. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

A special constable later phoned her and said a meeting would be set up with the police and the TTC on May 3 at 3 p.m. No one showed up to the meeting — Richardson said she later learned that the special constable forgot to pass along the information. (49 words)

Yeah, the part where the boss forgot their request—or “forgot” it—is genuinely a pain, but I do think at least some of this is within a boss’s remit, even if their ruling is inconvenient or frustrating. (39 words)

In one study, students who crammed forgot 50 percent of the information they had been able to recall on a test just one day after taking it, while the students who used spaced rehearsal only forgot 13 percent. (38 words)

Question examples

Did we get so used to winning that we forgot how easy it was to lose? (16 words)

Example sentences (20)

If you forgot your password, click the “forgot your password” link to have a new one sent.

In one study, students who crammed forgot 50 percent of the information they had been able to recall on a test just one day after taking it, while the students who used spaced rehearsal only forgot 13 percent.

Yeah, the part where the boss forgot their request—or “forgot” it—is genuinely a pain, but I do think at least some of this is within a boss’s remit, even if their ruling is inconvenient or frustrating.

All sought time and then forgot about it.

A lorry driver who forgot how to drive was shocked to discover he had a brain tumour.

Anakin forgot his dream from The Phantom Menace of freeing all the slaves on Tatooine, but Leia inadvertently fulfilled it in Return of the Jedi.

And one night I completely forgot to feed my neighbour’s cats, which we had arranged only a few days before.

And so having done all the work, I forgot it and lived in the scenes.

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A special constable later phoned her and said a meeting would be set up with the police and the TTC on May 3 at 3 p.m. No one showed up to the meeting — Richardson said she later learned that the special constable forgot to pass along the information.

At best if you actually forgot you had a loaded gun you're recklessly negligent.

A toddler died inside a hot car on Friday after her mother forgot that she left the girl in the vehicle parked outside a South Carolina high school, according to a county coroner.

Brown forgot how much time there was left before the third-quarter buzzer sounded and didn’t get a shot off, much to the delight of Tatum.

But I forgot that hollowness, because 16 years ago, we filled the kitchen with the table and chairs from the Grain Exchange.

But I forgot that nobody else knew that,” she added.

But Mr Spencer never forgot his British roots or his love of Herefordshire.

But the Republicans forgot to thank one group that provided an invaluable assist — their friends in the Democratic Party.

But Zane forgot he had appointed her.

Considering most of the world forgot about her existence, she would thrive with her new identity.

Did we get so used to winning that we forgot how easy it was to lose?

Don’t forgot Tom Hanks, Drew Barrymore, John Goodman, Christopher Walken among others.

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Common combinations with forgot

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "forgot" in a sentence?
An example: "If you forgot your password, click the “forgot your password” link to have a new one sent." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "forgot" from authentic English texts.
What does "forgot" mean?
Forgot means: simple past of forget
How many example sentences with "forgot" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "forgot", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.