"It doesn't make sense," she told him, trying to gather her scattered thoughts.

The Temple was the center of the faith, and maybe seeing it up close would help his scattered thoughts.

He rose and tried to gather up his scattered thoughts.

"We need to get you out of these wet clothes," she said, in an effort to organize her scattered thoughts.

It took only a moment for Ben to regain his scattered thoughts.

Jack chased his scattered thoughts, trying to organize them into words.

John Berry sat alone for a minute and collected his scattered thoughts.

She said, trying to gather her scattered thoughts, "I think it is only a woman's body that makes the difference."

He gathered his scattered thoughts, and tried to marshal them.

He tried to force his scattered thoughts into order.