He said it as if the thought sprang straight from what we had been saying.

Though the thought sprang to Laura's mind, she realized that this battler couldn't be a ghost.

The thought of Isabel sprang to life in her mind.

Her thoughts sprang to a terrified groping for a way of escape.

The same thought sprang to the minds of each.

He paused, then asked, as if the thought had just sprung up, "Hey, is your brother still working on the case?"

No, only a very little one, that a plain man's thought may spring across.

A thought sprang to my mind and I called Beef back.

Garrett knew this was absurd, but the thought sprang to her mind anyway.

Then a new thought sprang to his mind.