Thinks

Jenkins has scoured the town pretty well in the time he had, A clerk at Maplewood Inn thinks -- _thinks_ -- he saw such a man in the lobby there about three weeks ago. ❋ James Hay (1908)

"Now to-night," he resumed, "here's somebody just rung up to say that he thinks, only _thinks_, mind you, that he has forgotten to lock his garage and will the constable on that beat see if the keys have been left behind. ❋ Sax Rohmer (1921)

Joe can see) he shakes a sceptic head, and, leaning towards you, whispers (forgetting that Joe can only hear when you shout at him) that you must be pleased to remember that "_that's_ what he thinks he done; and no doubt he _thinks_ that it was so; and it may be it was, and I should never think of contradicting, not no man; but I has my own opinion in the matter. ❋ Harold Begbie (1900)

When asked what right they had to do so, they replied: "Catch-22", which says that they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing, and they don't have to tell us anything they don't want us to know – quite different to what everyone who uses the phrase thinks it means. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The goosegirl of the title thinks she was once a princess, though sometimes she believes this to be imagination, and that she is in fact a witch. ❋ Unknown (2008)

My biggest obstacle to the introduction of wikis is that each time I introduce or speak of it, the newcomer to the term thinks I am referring to something that has to do with wicca, a witchcraft organization. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"Which she thinks is French for 'old hen, '" scoffed the tart Mercy. ❋ Alice B. Emerson (N/A)

When asked what right they had to do so, they replied: "Catch-22", which says that they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing, and they don't have to tell us anything they don't want us to know - quite different to what everyone who uses the phrase thinks it means. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Whatever Scioscia thinks is the right formula to win baseball games, I'm all for it," he says. ❋ Unknown (2002)

That "thinks" is contrasted with the emphasised "know" precisely to highlight the fact that this is a personal and subjective evaluation: that fanfiction is illegal is a fact; that it's immoral is her opinion. ❋ Hal Duncan (2010)

This has nothing to do with what Bennet "thinks" is the best thing to do. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And Tommy confesses to what he thinks is his part in the fire. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nell visits her mother, taking a pearl necklace she thinks is valuable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Overview: Eighty-three-year-old Virgil Heidbrink has found what he thinks is the perfect place to retire. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Girl 1]: Your hair [is nice] [Girl 2]: Thinks!!! ❋ Nakesha (2008)

[Eleanore] and [Jason] thinking: [That's what she said]. Jason and Eleanore: "thinks!" ❋ Whenwillthisweekend (2010)

[please stop] [saying] thinking think ❋ Faltaya22 (2018)

Aye [stutt] didn't answer my question about when his [birthday] is and its been 30 [mins]....oh he's just thinking. ❋ TurnM3Up (2019)

[I had] a [bad] [case] of the thinks last night. ❋ Dr Bunnygirl (2019)

[Steve]: [Suzy], do you want to go to [the movies] with me tonight? Suzy: I can't; I'm thinking. ❋ Grent (2008)

[Boss]: [We don't] pay you to think, now [GET BACK TO WORK]! ❋ AYB (2003)

I'm thinking of [asking] her if she wants to go visit [the animal] [shelter]. ❋ 40 Year-Old Divorced Dad (2019)

1. What in the world are you [thinking]? You could [have been] hit by a car! 2. [What are you doing]? "[Thinking] about what you just said." ❋ Racerman2001 (2018)

I was thinking about [the first definition] of "thinking" and it [pissed] me off. ❋ BartRules (2003)