thought reader

Example Sentences

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I didn't like to ask you, but you must be a thought reader.

From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Gibbon, Perceval

The Leading Signalman, not being a thought reader as well as a conjurer, put down his telescope with a grunt until the pall cleared away.

From Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories by Dorling, H. Taprell (Henry Taprell)

That night the travellers encamped in the woods, and a wild charmingly romantic scene their night bivouac was—so thought Ailie, and so, too, would you have thought, reader, had you been there.

From The Red Eric by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

The thought reader was then called in, and in the course of a minute the answer was given.

From Clairvoyance and Occult Powers by Panchadasi, Swami

"I am sure I should be a conspicuous failure as a thought reader."

From '?19,000' by Delannoy, Burford