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

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

After a struggle with her better thoughts, she gives in, and acknowledges her soreness of heart arises from the conviction that she has forever disgraced herself in her guardian's eyes.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)