mental gymnastics

But she knew now the mental gymnastics that would free her from another's mind.

No mental gymnastics over whose version of events to believe.

We want more than the mere performance of mental gymnastics.

It is an impressive bit of mental gymnastics, I'll give you that.

I could see my mother going through mental gymnastics, searching for a safe subject.

They could almost see the powerful mental gymnastics flowing behind her forehead.

"I don't want it to be a substitute for mental gymnastics."

For the actors, the process required some mental gymnastics.

Those kinds of mental gymnastics are part of the routine.

I understand the mental gymnastics involved in those decisions."

It wasn't much, but he rewarded me with a smile, as if he'd known the mental gymnastics I was going through.

I changed into my running clothes and did three miles while I went through the mental gymnastics of getting the case organized.

So I can stop the mental gymnastics every time I start to talk to you.

One early candidate has been the gun business, whose products are linked to actual deaths without a great deal of mental gymnastics.

Expecting audiences to follow these sometimes demanding mental gymnastics could be too optimistic.

Because we trusted one another, they dutifully trudged into my office every day for some mental gymnastics.

It didn't require any mental gymnastics for him to realize he might have placed himself in a sticky situation.

"You try to play the mental gymnastics," Handley said.

It's not as if she chose to be able to do mental gymnastics beyond the reach of anyone she had ever met in person.

The practical effect of these mental gymnastics on the contestants was not apparent at the awards ceremony last week.

Coming from a coach whose controversial mental gymnastics are intended to create a similar result, the statement could be worn as a medal.

He thought it had to mean something, because of Houdini's own passion for mental gymnastics.

Pitt's mental gymnastics were broken by the young man in coveralls.

The mental gymnastics you had to do to post that, presuming you're serious, is quite mind boggling.

"I found out later I sat down with a wooden expression that concealed these mental gymnastics."