I cannot think I shall become a coxcomb, To ha' my hair curl'd by an idle finger, Mine eyes look'd babies in.
My Leonora cannot think my Grief Can from those empty Glories find relief; Nature within my Soul has equal share, And that and Love surmount my Glory there.
I am glad that he is cautious about Naudin's view, for I cannot think that it will hold.
I hope you will read my volume, for, if you don't, I cannot think of anyone else who will!
I cannot think what I shall do,' said Ada; 'I cry about it every night when I go to bed.
I cannot think,' said Marianne Weston one day to her sister, 'why Mr. Mohun comes here so often.
After having mention'd these two great Principles, which are destructive of Chearfulness in their own Nature, as well as in right Reason, I cannot think of any other that ought to banish this happy Temper from a Virtuous Mind.
All this Kindness you return with an Accusation, that I do not love you: But the contrary is so manifest, that I cannot think you in earnest.
I cannot think of one real Hero in all Antiquity so far raised above Human Infirmities, that he might not be very naturally represented in a Tragedy as plunged in Misfortunes and Calamities.
And I cannot think how, as it was, he could contrive to put the fire out, with his one hand, and not hurt himself.
And there is such a row at night on board, I cannot think or attend as I ought," murmured Harry.
Some people may say that man's moral influence will suffice to rule them; but I cannot think it will ever be safe to repose much trust in the moral sense of any machine.
Moreover, I had set my heart upon making him a real convert to the Christian religion, which he had already embraced outwardly, though I cannot think that it had taken deep root in his impenetrably stupid nature.
To begin with the latter of them: Things which we cannot think of except together, must exist together.
There is such a weight on my heart, I cannot think how I ever suffered the captain to leave.
How we shall welcome them, though I cannot think how I am ever to touch the food they have gained at such a risk.
I cannot think ye are, and yet, I see no face here that is unknown to me.
I cannot think quite so favorably either of the sense or temper of those, if any such there are, who would voluntarily persuade their brethren that the object is not fit for them, or they for the object.
We cannot thinkof making men, and binding Nature to our designs.
But I cannot think it right of course to punish the Irish Roman Catholics by an universal exclusion, because others, whom you would not punish at all, propose an universal admission.
Mr. Hutchinson must well know the regard and honor I have for him; and he cannot think my dissenting from him in this particular arises from a disregard of his opinion: it only shows that I think he has lived in Ireland.
I cannot think it was right, Clayton, I cannot, indeed; I dislike the whole drama.
I cannot think, from what I know of you, that you will be long in following my example.
I cannot think so; I believe it is the stone about our necks that drags us down, and is intended to do so, and which keeps us truly from being "but a little lower than the angels.
Though your account of yourself is better, I cannot think it at all satisfactory, and I wish you would soon go to Malvern again.
I cannot thinknow (So soon after the death, from scarlet fever, of his infant child.
What had become of the guards, I cannot think; but I am satisfied that Gambara himself had removed them.
I cannot think of her as dead--she was so bright--so happy.
For instance, we cannot think of the pyramids of Egypt, of a Gothic ruin, or an old Roman encampment, without a certain emotion, a sense of power and sublimity coming over the mind.
In points where poetic diction and conception are concerned, I may be at a loss, and liable to be imposed upon: but in forming an estimate of passages relating to common life and manners, I cannot think I am a plagiarist from any man.
So newly found we cannot think of parting with it yet, or at least put off that consideration sine die.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cannot think" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
