make one think
Example Sentences
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The happy-faced “One Shot” wouldn’t make one think immediately of the grim-visaged “Adolescence”—one of the year’s better series, by the way—but they do have the same continuous-shooting conceit and same wizard-like director.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Two Feb. 19 front-page articles would make one think so.
From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023
His reply — a cinematic fabrication — is terse, coarse and cruel enough to make one think less of a legend.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022
The contextual triggers of him being a footballer make one think of FIFA.
From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2021
He made notes to himself about the strong emotions that make one think about God and heaven.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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