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

He told his parents he had noticed an identical one on the bar, picked it up and put it in his pocket without a second thought - not realising it belonged to somebody else.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

On second thought, maybe the unruffled, dismissive response is the way to go.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

Trueba did not give the matter a second thought.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende