How to use "thinks" in a sentence

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I just need to wait for her like a good husband, he thinks.

He thinks that with her clothes and her coat on she will be too heavy and that the cold grey water of the loch will pull her down

The idiot does not speak English, Oliver thinks

Good, Oliver thinks.

Oliver thinks about loving, ironic Emily again

"Oh yes, that would be very nice!" She smiles, but in the half-light Oliver thinks he sees something strange in her expression.

Oliver thinks that this is going to be very easy indeed

Just one look back at the jetty to be sure no one can see, he thinks, and he turns his head.

Again she waits, and again Branwell thinks that he sees something in her deep-green eyes.

"Oh I know," she says, and he sees that something in her deep-green eyes, and he thinks that he knows what it is now

Well, Big Jones cannot chop me up if he cannot find me, he thinks, and he looks at the bag at his feet.

Gerry is not sure, but he thinks that the man looked at the bag by his feet.

And he thinks he sees one of the brothers look at his bag again

They can chop you up into little pieces," says Darwin, and Gerry thinks about Big Jones and the old factory on the Thames.

Salties, he thinks, and he laughs.

Beautiful, he thinks

He thinks he sees a dark shape, but he does not shoot

Maybe it is the brothers, he thinks, and he remembers the way one of them looked at the bag

He thinks about home for a moment, but that is too far away now, and too long ago.

He thinks again that he is a strange tourist

But the bag is heavy, he thinks again

Maybe he should look inside, he thinks, just to make sure.

He thinks that maybe Nick would know, that Nick would have some advice.

Yes, I remember, Jake thinks

For a moment there are people all around him, and he thinks he will never get there, but then he pushes past some kids who shout at him, and he is there

He thinks that the people are shouting at him, and he wants to explain

"Oh, I think I can look after myself," responds Eleanor, and again Carolina thinks what a sweet, lovely thing she is

Yes, a lovely, new companion, she thinks as she leaves.

"Fascinating," she says, and all three look happy that she thinks so.

Peter thinks that for a film there must be something visual about the murder weapon

"Everyone thinks it's an accident and that she is heartbroken," says Peter.

It is a good job, he thinks

Cigarette time then, he thinks, and he leaves the courtroom

Tonight is a good night to go out for a few drinks, he thinks, and he is deciding whom to call, when he hears a female voice.

And he smiles at her because he thinks this expression suits her best

Yes, he thinks Mrs Dawson looks best when she is scared.

The blanket of your bed is covering all of you except for your head, and part of you thinks that this is good

Someone who thinks they can enter your house in the middle of the night!

And so he waits, and the evening becomes darker, and he thinks that there are now only one or two people left in the small old church

It smells no different, he thinks as he enters

Good, Barry thinks: the place is practically empty.

But after a few minutes he realises how tired he is, and he thinks that maybe he can close his eyes for a moment and even rest his head against the grille.

my son," the voice says, and Barry thinks that it is a calm and honest voice.

He thinks about lying, but why? The priest promises not to tell a soul

He wonders if there are still any people there, but he thinks there are not.

A good song, he thinks; a real song

And he thinks of the white shirt in the trunk of the car: the white shirt with blood on it

And he thinks of all the times he watched his father hit his mother.

And he thinks for a moment about not stopping, but there is nowhere for him to go

The guy's eyes are covered by silver sunglasses, and there is something strange about his uniform, Dan thinks

"I suppose it's this road: the desert makes it easy to forget to watch your speed," he says, and he thinks he sees the cop look at his hand.

Dan nods and gets out, and he thinks again that there is something strange about the cop's uniform

He thinks that if he keeps running he can escape and find help; find the real police.

And he thinks that the next bullet is for him

Now, alone in the forest, he thinks he can hear the sound of feet in the snow behind him, and he tries to move faster.

And he pushes through the snow, and he thinks that maybe, if he can get to the sound, he can flee into the mountains and never come back.

He is the oldest teacher at Barnaby's: practically part of the building." Bowen stops and thinks

Owen thinks about what to say

"Exactly!" says Owen, and he feels full of pride and thinks what a wonderful day this is: out in the beauty of the Welsh countryside with his son.

He thinks there is someone or something moving, and it is big: bigger than a rabbit or a hare, but he does not think it can be a person

There is a snap from behind the trees, and Owen thinks that maybe he should put his gun down, in a bush, nice and carefully like he told Junior to do

And he thinks that maybe next time they should just go to the cinema instead

Sarah considers sitting on one of the seats by the wall of the tunnel, but she is so tired that she thinks that maybe she will fall asleep if she rests.

For a moment she thinks about how quiet the platform is, and how normally she has to fight to get on the train in the evening.

Sarah thinks about her cosy sofa and the Chinese takeaway she will eat while watching TV

I look like death, she thinks.

He has a short beard and pale, unhealthy skin, and she thinks that his eyes are probably unkind.

She closes her eyes and thinks about her sofa, her Chinese take-away and her bed

"No, you relax," the old woman says, and Sarah thinks the old lady has a kind smile

She feels a cold shiver move over her body, and suddenly she thinks that she feels a little ill.

I will, she thinks, but only if the strange man stays on the train

"But who would have sent it without a note? Gran thinks..

she thinks maybe it came from her long-lost brother

"What do you think? Could the pod be doing something to him? Changing the way he thinks somehow?"

He thinks that you did it as a joke

He thinks that is why you kept your dress a secret

Maxim thinks I did it as a joke.'

Colonel Julyan thinks she was trapped in the cabin and the jury will think that too.'

'I need to get to that window,' he thinks.

'Now I must find the jewels!' he thinks.

'I can get hundreds of dollars for these!' he thinks.

'I can do that,' she thinks

'There are lots of movie stars here tonight,' he thinks

'They're stopping, too,' he thinks

'Can I do that?' she thinks.

'Wow! Look at her!' he thinks.

'How can I get away from her?' he thinks.

"He thinks he's a great man of science, destined for immortality, a man of great works

She thinks, "No!" But she says, "Why do you want another hat, Bernardo? You have twenty!"

"They're laughing at Bernardo's hat," she thinks

"I love this hat!" she thinks

"Who's under that hat?" Mitch thinks.

She thinks, "I like him

"That's a good hat," he thinks.

"It's this hat," he thinks

"That's lucky!" she thinks

"It's a beautiful city," she thinks

'But everyone thinks my interest is in Lettice.'

'So Dennis thinks he knows who committed the crime

And I expect everyone thinks it is somebody different

Dr Stone thinks only about archeaology.'

George always thinks he is ill, but there is really nothing wrong with him.

Harris still thinks that George and I planned it all.

'Old J thinks he's a passenger and doesn't need to work,' Harris said.

It is her luck, she thinks

Here is a fifty-year-old 'big man' who thinks he is somebody

James still thinks it is impossible

He's an invalid, or so he thinks

'Ask Marian if she thinks I should read the document first.'

One thing is clear: he looked afraid when he saw me, so he has probably betrayed the Brotherhood; he probably thinks I'm following him so that I can kill him

"What a courageous man! He is a bandit but I like him," Lolita thinks.

"How strange!" she thinks

"I must punish Lolita, her family and Zorro for their insults!" he thinks