state of mind

And even in her current desperate state of mind, Penelope had to admit—for a speech to be stolen by birds seemed highly unlikely.

“But who can concentrate on books at a time like this?” the perplexed young governess thought, which just goes to show what an unusual state of mind she was in.

But just as a scrumptious tarte Philippe will cause the most dreadful tummy ache if eaten in excess, too much optimism can plunge one into the precarious state of mind known as “optoomuchism.”

Finding this state of mind is an important first step towards making a success of the tour.

But the fact that he believed it tells us a lot about his state of mind in the summer of 1961.