spring to mind
Example Sentences
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And we risk forfeiting the epiphanies that sometimes spring to mind while doing easy, repetitive job functions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Think of Leibovitz, and some legendary photographs spring to mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
If thoughts, feelings or images did spring to mind, participants were to immediately push those ideas out of awareness and return their attention to the reminder.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 20, 2023
Fiji, Western Samoa, the whole of Samoa spring to mind.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023
The very mention of your name makes a picture spring to mind, whether it’s a picture of clashing fists or a mighty mountain that can’t be knocked down.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
