At times he had fragmentary memories that escaped before he could grasp them.
They reeled through his mind until- He caught upon one of these fragmentary memories, strove to pin it down.
The pungent, heady smell of the smoke brought back instant, though fragmentary memories.
Jane carries with her the fragmentary memory of her former life, and refuses to adjust to her new identity.
She was curious about the outside world and her fleeting fragmentary memories did not satisfy that curiosity.
Brief memories, misty and fragmentary, drifted through his mind like a cleaner smoke than that now encompassing him.
From those blurred and fragmentary memories we may infer much, yet prove little.
"But I only have fragmentary memories of that timeline."
"Remember, I had only my own somewhat fragmentary memories to go on, and the psychnannies found them somewhat inadequate."
But they do illustrate one or two points about fragmentary memory, and about dream-storywriting.