How to Use think in a Sentence

think

verb
  • Why do you always think the worst?
  • Just think how nice it would be to live here.
  • I dread to think how he will react.
  • I was just thinking what it would be like to be a doctor.
  • You should relax and try to think pleasant thoughts.
  • Just think—in two days we'll be on vacation, lying on the beach.
  • We may finish sooner than you think.
  • Did the group thinking about breaking up at that point?
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The Duke arrived in the UK last weekend and is thought to have flown back on Thursday night.
    Town & Country, 4 Apr. 2023
  • And who would've ever thought the song would be performed now in a theme park!
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Almost no one thought 2023 would be a blockbuster year for stocks.
    Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
  • As time passed that night, Mr. Bar thought that Hamas might attempt a small-scale assault.
    Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • All of these have tricked the computer into thinking there was a fire.
    Thomas Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Many traders think the Fed will start cutting rates as soon as this summer.
    Matt Grossman, WSJ, 10 Apr. 2023
  • What type of message does this send to the people who think this behavior is ok?
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 2 June 2023
  • This isn’t a place for high glamour; think more along the lines of relaxed countryside chic.
    Shon Faye, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2023
  • This will be the second year the market visits San Diego, a city Diaz thinks is very home-like.
    Roxana Becerril, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Some think its purpose is to keep birds from flying through and destroying the web.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2023
  • In years past, many astronomers thought of the solar wind as a steady flow, streaming away from the sun at a constant rate.
    Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 24 Aug. 2023
  • And with the recent surge of console strategy games, Yuen thinks, maybe someday the same will be said of them.
    WIRED, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Castillo thinks there could come a time when UIL schools aren’t allowed to play private schools.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • One of their wives, who thought her husband was dead for two years, attended, as well.
    Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Each thinks the other has forgotten the other and years go by.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Over half the respondents thought ChatGPT-3.5's copy was written by a human.
    Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2023
  • There was one more step left in that mission: to deliver the doll to Valentina, who thought Beatrice was lost for good.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Only a third of voters think that Mr. Biden would finish a second term.
    Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Chow thought the boy had shoplifted four bottles of water.
    Jeffrey Collins, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
  • In the seventh minute, a header by Mathias Laborda was also saved by the quick-thinking Ivacic.
    oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2023
  • For accent colors and fixtures, think about rich golds and brass that keep the warm, cozy feeling going.
    Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2023
  • When Garza Flores thinks about what is happening in Eagle Pass, she is saddened.
    Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024

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