Word Finder - thoughts

definition

Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.

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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

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The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.

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Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).

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Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.

Don't put words in my mouth - or foolish thoughts in your head.

The flow of her thoughts suddenly stopped.

Dreams are just conglomerations of thoughts and memories.

Do you have any thoughts on the subject?

She squeezed her eyes shut and prayed that romantic thoughts would cease to invade her newfound paradise.

She linked my earliest thoughts with nature, and made me feel that "birds and flowers and I were happy peers."

Two thoughts crossed her mind simultaneously.

Her thoughts turned to Bordeaux.

Her mind was open to him, and he watched the thoughts passing through.

She straightened her hair and collected her thoughts before opening the door.

Her thoughts went to Jonny, and she closed her eyes as tears formed.

He could apparently not refrain from expressing the thoughts that had suddenly occurred to him.

After that I spent many happy hours in my tree of paradise, thinking fair thoughts and dreaming bright dreams.

I received from them gifts that have the gentle concurrence of the heart, books containing their own thoughts, soul-illumined letters, and photographs that I love to have described again and again.

They fix beautiful thoughts in her memory.

Her thoughts were about the children.

Thoughts cannot be united, but to harness all these thoughts together is what we need!

Another warm buzz traveled through her, scattering her thoughts at his nearness and scent.

Her tortured thoughts went to the thousands of men, killed by the only family she'd known, whose souls were trapped for eternity beneath the ground.

Besides this feeling which absorbed her altogether and hindered her from following the details of her husband's plans, thoughts that had no connection with what he was saying flitted through her mind.

So hold these thoughts, as we will be returning to them.

Probably the word "gallant" turned the captain's thoughts to the state of Moscow.

The thoughts of where we would go from here weighed heavily on everyone's mind.

It seems very strange to me that there should be this difference of opinion; I cannot understand how any one interested in our education can fail to appreciate the satisfaction we feel in being able to express our thoughts in living words.

The car still smelled of blood, and her thoughts went to Jule again as she exited the car.

I will tell you all about it, for I remember my thoughts perfectly.

And suddenly the sequence of these thoughts broke off, and Prince Andrew heard (without knowing whether it was a delusion or reality) a soft whispering voice incessantly and rhythmically repeating "piti-piti- piti," and then "titi," and then again "piti-piti-piti," and "ti-ti" once more.

Leaving her thoughts behind, she started up the hill to meet Alex.

Still, you must have some personal observations... thoughts... feelings?

Little conversation took place as each of us kept our thoughts to ourselves.

The drive home was quick as he dwelled on his thoughts.

His thoughts went to Yully, and he stepped forward without hesitation.

Even now, her heart quickened and her thoughts raced to the image of him in tight black clothing.

There was a reason he banned thoughts of Darian and Claire from his mind, an instinct he'd never been able to face in all the years since Darian's death.

His face must have given away his thoughts.

She hesitated, her blood burning and her confused thoughts terrified of what might happen.

Jackson longed to erase her memory, but thoughts of her invaded him constantly.

He believed, or at least suspected, that Miss Sullivan and I had deliberately stolen the bright thoughts of another and imposed them on him to win his admiration.

Then, perhaps, my own thoughts and experiences will come to the surface.

He cannot imagine how very, very happy he will be when he can tell us his thoughts, and we can tell him how we have loved him so long.

For a whole week it has been "cold and dark and dreary" in Tuscumbia, and I must confess the continuous rain and dismalness of the weather fills me with gloomy thoughts and makes the writing of letters, or any pleasant employment, seem quite impossible.

Often when I dream, thoughts pass through my mind like cowled shadows, silent and remote, and disappear.

Excited and irritated by these thoughts Prince Andrew went toward his room to write to his father, to whom he wrote every day.

They looked at the beautiful, large, thoughtful eyes full of tears and of thoughts, gazing shiningly and imploringly at them, and understood that it was useless and even cruel to insist.

But just at moments when such thoughts occurred to him, he would ask in a particularly calm and absent-minded way, which inspired the respect of the onlookers, Will it be long?

I go to bed after two in the morning, thoughts come and I can't sleep but toss about till dawn, because I think and can't help thinking, just as he can't help plowing and mowing; if he didn't, he would go to the drink shop or fall ill.

In his soul there suddenly arose such an unexpected turmoil of youthful thoughts and hopes, contrary to the whole tenor of his life, that unable to explain his condition to himself he lay down and fell asleep at once.

Señor Medena had no romantic thoughts about her.

Lisa tried to compose her thoughts and expression.

Whatever his thoughts, they were interrupted when Tammy sped into his arms like a bullet.