Examples of second thought in a Sentence

After she agreed to lend him the money, she had second thoughts. She was having second thoughts about getting married. He hardly gave it a second thought.

Recent Examples on the Web On second thought, Miss Manners suddenly sees the benefit. — Washington Post, 7 May 2022 On second thought, make that 48-hours in Albuquerque. — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 May 2022 Administrators admonished teachers to parents without a second thought. — Stephen Noonoo, The New Republic, 2 May 2022 If there is a Lawrence Taylor, Reggie White or Aaron Donald available, go ahead and draft him without a second thought. — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 Without a second thought, a renter will disclose all their personal information — social security number, bank accounts, driver's license, date of birth, employment, income — on an application and may pay a deposit to a stranger. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022 So, what’s our incentive to kill ourselves for a system set up to step over our bodies without a second thought to simply look for the next candidate? — Kathleen Newman-bremang, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2022 The brevity of Twitter, mated to its firehose constancy, makes dashing off random notions without a second thought easy—for better and for worse. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2022 Do the Jets take him without a second thought over Zach Wilson at No. 2? — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021 See More

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“Second thought.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20thought. Accessed 26 May. 2022.

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