How to Use come/spring/leap to mind in a Sentence

come/spring/leap to mind

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  • The Monkees in the ’60s are one of the few that come to mind.
    — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The things that come to mind right away are the tomatoes and the steak at Narukiyo.
    — Lauren Yoshiko, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2023
  • The breakfast bar and the hot fudge cake likely come to mind.
    — David Wysong, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Accountable is an antonym of the first words that come to mind.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • How did Cara Delevingne come to mind to direct it in the first place?
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 25 Aug. 2023
  • When most think of California, the oceans and palm trees come to mind.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
  • Jordan Pope and Glenn Taylor Jr. were two that come to mind.
    — oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2023
  • In thinking about her own time there, there are a few stories that come to mind.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
  • Of course, there’s plenty of space to add even more perks if anything else should come to mind.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Names like Miro Heiskanen and Jake Oettinger come to mind.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • And there are some racetracks around here like the Nashville Fairgrounds that come to mind.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
  • The structures that people feel comfortable with are the ones that come to mind.
    — Todd Gold, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
  • When the Met Gala dress code has the word garden in it, the most obvious trend to come to mind is florals.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 7 May 2024
  • While this may be true more widely, the Canadian duo come to mind.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2024
  • And the villages are quite different from the green fields, fresh air, and idyllic farms that may come to mind.
    — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
  • What items spring to mind when thinking about Katie Holmes’s fashion sense?
    — Alex Kessler, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The easier to remember, the more likely to come to mind.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • For visitors, those frozen frogs just might come to mind when the unhindered wind cuts across the prairie.
    — Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • When thinking of the best wine regions in the U.S., hotspots like Napa and Sonoma often come to mind.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023
  • These are the images that often come to mind when many people think of wetlands.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2023
  • McDaniels and Nickeil Alexander-Walker are the first ones that come to mind.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Two juniors who know how to put the pressure on quarterbacks come to mind.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • After entering watch, there are still four words that come to mind: catch, hatch, match and patch.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
  • There are a lot of things that come to mind when contemplating the future of fashion.
    — ELLE, 3 May 2023
  • Longevity and freedom from pest problems come to mind first.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2021
  • That’s a change from some of the classic skyscrapers of the previous century that may come to mind.
    — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
  • Those are the three things that come to mind when thinking of a spring vacation spent on the Crystal Coast's Atlantic Beach.
    — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2024
  • So a couple of questions and points come to mind based on this decision and that question.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Toews always thrived with a true power forward on his wing — Dustin Byfuglien and Andrew Ladd come to mind.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
  • Of course, that’s a designation that depends on your taste, but there are a few notable names that come to mind.
    — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023

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