How to Use thought in a Sentence

thought

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  • While you're enjoying the holidays, you should spare a thought for those who are less fortunate.
  • But on the day the strike ended, these weren’t the thoughts on Gladstone’s mind.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The band lives in the dark and gets its power from the feelings and thoughts that live there, too.
    — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • This may be a wild thought, but what if a brow gel is just a brow gel?
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Readers who have a bone to pick can – and do – email their thoughts to me.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Send them your questions and thoughts at wanda@adn.com.
    — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • But over the years, as the album evolved, thoughts about time and the mind also moved into the foreground.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • People who can riff with you — with your thoughts, and your ideas, and help take them to the next level.
    — Sarah Jenkins, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Thought leaders turned to him to get his thoughts on thinking.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Fine-tune your thoughts and plans, and be prepared to counter anything that gets in your way.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The year before these thoughts began, things were tough for my siblings and me.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • To fix your every thought and all your knowledge on lies! .
    — Jess Bergman, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
  • And even those who have — Gucci Mane — may at some point have second thoughts.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • There are countless warring schools of thought on what and how to feed babies.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
  • But at the same time, Gay understands the power of sharing her thoughts.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Grey was later asked for her thoughts on Depp's trial with Heard.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Unable to shake the thought of 22 lives taken due to gun violence in Maine.
    — Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Asking you was just an after thought here as your mum's friend has already tried the dress.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Sunak added in the statement that his thoughts were with Catherine and her family.
    — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Become a Subscriber That thought might be tough to square with bats’ recent track record.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2023
  • And in the dead of winter, this warm fragrance will surely evoke thoughts of sunnier days ahead.
    — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2024
  • But wary investors will give them food for thought: is Nvidia the next Apple, or Radioshack?
    — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Our thoughts are with the family, friends and co-workers of our driver, the statement said.
    — The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2024
  • So the thought that your first movie would actually turn out to be a blockbuster seemed crazy.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • In 2023, West has continued to double down on these thoughts.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The wife lay awake tormenting herself with such thoughts.
    — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • And never far from their thoughts is how their children will emerge from this trauma.
    — Emily Cochrane Jon Cherry, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Along with low energy, your thoughts about food could signal a need for change.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Joan is in her chair at her apartment north of Union Square scribbling her final thoughts at the bottom of an e-mail.
    — Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
  • And the thought arrived: Maybe this audience love is all due to the fact that Bryan snuck right past the gatekeepers and tastemakers, not in spite of that.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023

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