come/spring/leap to mind

idiom

: to be remembered or thought of

What comes to mind when you hear his name?

Examples of come/spring/leap to mind in a Sentence

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A couple of things come to mind from that question. —Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024

When pondering the Revolutionary War, specific inflection points come to mind. —Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024

Did the thought of searching for a role come to mind? —Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024

Jean Muir, spring 1984 Photo: WWD/Getty Images Jil Sander, spring 1993 Photo: WWD/Getty Images Katharine Hamnett, spring 1985 Photo: WWD/Getty Images Margaret Howell Three women designers come to mind: Jean Muir, who was minimal, unfussy, and elegant. —Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024

The most common use cases, like code development and content writing, come to mind first, but even platforms like Spotify use it to give better user experiences. —Shreyans Mehta, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

When thinking back on all the characters in the Walking Dead‘s history, the collective season five series regulars are the ones who all come to mind. —Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024

When the 43-year-old solicitor from Newent, England, recalls baking with her mother, no images come to mind. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024

While there certainly are some higher-alcohol dark beers (Imperial stouts spring to mind), color is not the factor that makes a beer more or less alcoholic. —Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024