collect one's thoughts

Power said nothing for a moment and collected his thoughts.

She sat in the dark and tried to collect her thoughts.

If only he could collect his thoughts enough to call for help.

No, I just wanted to try to collect my thoughts.

For a moment he seemed to be collecting his thoughts.

Later, he would have little to no time to collect his thoughts.

Then she sat down and tried to collect her thoughts.

If you need time to collect your thoughts, just tell us.

He couldn't collect his thoughts well enough to tell me what had happened to the others.

I needed to collect my thoughts, think about what you said.