better thoughts
Example Sentences
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“I have better thoughts of those alligators now that I’ve seen them at home,” he wrote.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2018
We have to shift onto a more positive conversational track to start generating better thoughts.
From Time • Sep. 11, 2015
He watches my lips, and I let my words trickle out as softly as his...on the influx of better thoughts.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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"I was not what you call a religious woman before he died; and when better thoughts come to me now, I am sure he brings them from the good Lord."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various
Then her cheek burned with shame, and penitent tears filled her eyes, as better thoughts came crowding into her mind.
From Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children by Finley, Martha