Deja Vu – A feeling you have already experienced what is happening now (french for already seen)

PRONUNCIATION

(Pronounced day-zhah-voo)

To remember the canny of the word deja vu, use the following mnemonic:

For days the jars flew (deja vu) past my viewing station. I couldn't tell if I'd already seen a jar. Days became blurred. I sat down each morning and wondered if I'd already experienced the day.

Examples of deja vu in a sentence

Emma suffered from a bit of deja vu, and it seemed as if she had already met the stranger in a similar situation.

A strange blast of deja vu occurred as the couple sensed that they had previously lived the experience in a past life.

While experiencing deja vu, she felt like she had lived through the traumatic car accident before.