on second thought
Example Sentences
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“But on second thought, that was a little too corny.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
But on second thought, no one is better at playing The Entitled Mean Girl than Bondi herself.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
What began as a flippantly offered pipe dream, on second thought sounded too good to resist.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2024
The program’s true intentions are revealed in the 10th criteria of its first two answers to my question—Cost, then, on second thought, Availability.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2023
Even though he’d told me, Okay, Mila, we'll stop doing whatever were doing, it was as if he’d said: Actually, on second thought?
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
