basic thought

Example Sentences

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"My basic thought was that King Charles has just been crowned," he explained.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

"My basic thought is like, Well, how can I give back to someone that has served so much to our nation and helped us out? "

From Fox News • Dec. 20, 2021

While these toys aren’t “math gifts” per se, they do hone the basic thought processes that undergird mathematical reasoning.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2019

My basic thought with this series was, everyone has secrets.

From The Verge • Apr. 19, 2016

Its basic thought has much in common with that of Frank Wedekind's "Earth Spirit," but Schnitzler spiritualizes what the German playwright has vulgarized.

From The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays by Björkman, Edwin