As the too-many scenes and songs passed by, the thought recurred: What if the two principals swapped roles?

It's no accident that thoughts of war recur in his songs.

His former wild thought that they were communicating indetectably with their mouths recurred.

The thought recurred, and from somewhere drifted up a phrase it had often heard spoken - the Kings of the City.

Kane listened to the watchdog's snarl, and an uneasy thought recurred to him.

The thought of attending graduation recurred to me.

One's thoughts always recur to lots of other subjects which we don't think of as obsessing.

The suppressed thoughts even recur in dreams, according to a study published last summer.

As these thoughts recurred to him, he gained the courage to console and cheer Irene.

Again the thought recurred: not only was Vernon loathsome, he had to be mad.