THOUGHT in a Sentence

Learn THOUGHT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
418 example sentences for THOUGHT, such as:
1. I thought you knew, old sport.
2. He thought you might be offended.
3. By thought supplied, or any interest.
4. He then really thought himself equal to it.
5. At length the thought of you crossed my mind.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of THOUGHT
thought
 n.  the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
 n.  the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  At length the thought of you crossed my mind.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
2  By thought supplied, or any interest.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
3  "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman," she said finally.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  "I thought you might be here," she responded absently as I came up.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  I thought they'd be a nice durable cardboard.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  I thought you knew, old sport.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  He thought you might be offended.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  One of the papers said they thought the rain would stop about four.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  I thought for a moment he was going to shake hands.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
10  She thought I knew a lot because I knew different things from her.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
11  I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
12  He started at a thought that suddenly occurred to him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
13  So let thy mother take no thought, save for herself and thee.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXII. THE PROCESSION
14  He then really thought himself equal to it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
15  Elinor thought it wisest to touch that point no more.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
Example Sentence: (208 in 14 pages)
1  Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
2  Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
3  The thought of taking the exam again depressed him.
4  All living creatures are thought to descend from an organism that came into being three billion years ago.
5  Well I just thought, you know, I'd better agree to it.
6  I don't want to be thought insensitive, but I do think we should go ahead despite the accident.
7  The constraints of politeness wouldn't allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking.
8  I don't relish the thought of you walking home alone.
9  It was thought highly inadvisable for young women to go there alone.
10  The thought of being left alone filled her with horror.
11  She shivered at the thought of going into the dark house alone.
12  In scandal, as in robbery,the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.
13  She blenched at the thought of picking up the dead animal.
14  He thought he saw someone lurking above the chamber during the address.
15  She was absolutely terrified at the thought of jumping off the bridge.