Example sentences for: mnemonics

How can you use “mnemonics” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Stephen Hirschberg's essay brought back to mind a number of mnemonics from my college days as a chemistry major.

  • Robert Bloomfield and E. Ted Chandler, Pocket Mnemonics for Practitioners, Harbinger Medical Press, Winston-Salem, N.C., 1983.

  • Rules or lists may change, thus rendering the mnemonics obsolete.

  • Conversely, who remembers the bass clef lines and spaces (with, respectively, the insipid “ G reat B ig D ogs F ight A nimals” and “ A ll C ars E at G as” )? The treble clef lines are only a bit more memorable (“ E very G ood B oy D oes F ine” or “ E very G rizzly B ear D igs F igs” ); its spaces' notes, at least, crisply spell face . Who knows how many musical aspirations have been dashed against the bass clef, for want of adequate mnemonics?

  • Coherent, grammatical sentences can make effective mnemonics because language structure is already in place in our minds.


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