thinking over

Example Sentences

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I tried to stay calm, thinking over and over: “Don’t be afraid. Don’t die afraid. Just breathe.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2022

This collection of essays about racial politics and culture in America offers a full portrait of Kennedy’s thinking as a law professor and public intellectual, demonstrating his commitment to reflection over partisanship, thinking over feeling.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the organizing committee, acknowledged there "may be many ways of thinking" over the issue.

From Fox News • Jul. 17, 2021

But “by middle age,” he writes, “the sway of habitual thinking over the operations of the mind is nearly absolute.”

From Slate • May 14, 2018

And I kept thinking, over and over, Is this what it feels like to go insane?

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher