second thought

Example Sentences

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But for Fatima, a 36-year-old German housewife travelling with her family, "there was no second thought" about coming to Mecca, Islam's holiest city.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Cars, which we jump into every day without a second thought, are not as safe statistically.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

My second thought was what an insult it was.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“It was the same with Jesse. We did ‘Kinds of Kindness’ and there was no second thought of whether to ask him to do ‘Bugonia.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

If you persuaded the conductor you were a fellow employee who had to go home on some family business, he just did the favor for you without a second thought.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey