Certain wicked Pharisees sought to entangle Him by the question: "What thinkest thou?
When the tax collector called for tribute money, the following instructive colloquy occurred between Jesus and Peter: "What thinkest thou, Simon, of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute?
But pardon me, noble chief of a fallen people; thinkest thou we shall be less despoiled and trodden under foot by yon haughty and stiff-necked Nazarenes, than by the Arabian misbelievers?
Thinkest thou that, while the petty surface of the world is crowded with living things, there is no life in the vast centre within the earth, and the immense ether that surrounds it?
Is thy memory powerful enough to hold all things that thou thinkest out and bidst it to hold?
What thinkestthou about God and the anchors which we spake of--are they like these, or are they eternal?
Thou understandest it rightly enough, but I would know whether thou thinkest that what thou hast is temporal or eternal.
Thou thinkest of the health of thy soul's eyes, but thou dost not think of the great light which thou wishest to see.
Could they win guerdon in tilt or tourney, thinkest thou, noble prince?
Ali Adil Shah, thinkest thou that this poor disguise could conceal thee?
Yea, verily, thou thinkest it; and even now contrivest within thyself how thou mayest steal away and not be seen.
Thinkest thou to stay behind, and then run away stealthily, and get thee back to thy water-selling in Damascus and to thy dallyings with a woman?
Thinkest thou that this house is solely a roof to shade thy head from the sun, or perchance is it a dwelling of comfort for those who pass East and West?
And thinkest thou the whiteness of my bosom shows to advantage against the gold of my neckband?
Thinkest thou, Hortensio, though her father be very rich, any man is so very a fool to be married to hell?
Thinkest thou, for that I insinuate, or 715 toaze from thee thy business, I am therefore no courtier?
Thinkest thou I cannot now pray to my Father, and he would presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
Child of a reprobate faith, and outcast race as thou art, thinkest thou that even to thee Isabella would permit injury and injustice?
And if I have done all this, thinkest thou to elude my further vengeance?
Thinkest thou we know our trade so little that such release can baffle us?
Thinkest thou I would have boasted of my triumphant vengeance to aught who could betray me?
It is well thou thinkest so," replied Glumm curtly, remembering Erling's advice.
Thinkest thou I would exchange an old title for a new one, which the giver has no right to create?
I was going along thinking, and he said, "Thou thinkest perhaps on this ruin which is guarded by that bestial with which I just now quenched.
Whereon I to him, "Do thou ask him further of what thou thinkest may satisfy me, for I cannot, such pity fills my heart.
What men think or say of thee is unimportant--give heed to what thou thyselfthinkest and sayst.
Thou thinkest to serve God with lies, Thou devil-worshipper and fool!
Likewise, our shadow in the sun appears To move along and follow our own steps And imitate our carriage--if thou thinkest Air that is thus bereft of light can walk, Following the gait and motion of mankind.
But if thou thinkest Labours of Hercules excel the same, Much farther from true reasoning thou farest.
Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
And when he came into the house, Jesus spake first to him, saying, "What thinkest thou, Simon?
Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor unto him that fell among the robbers?
Thinkest thou that they could cover a fairer head?
Could thy Lady Jane Grey have done so well, thinkest thou?
Is Gabelus dead, thinkest thou, and no man will pay him the money?
But as Tobias made longer stay upon occasion of the marriage, Tobias his father was solicitous, saying: Why thinkest thou doth my son tarry, or why is he detained there?
They sought to catch Him by the hypocritical question,--"What thinkest thou?
If, O fowler, thou thinkest me to be the cause in truth, then the guilt of this act of killing a living being rests on the shoulders of another who incited me to this end.
If, however, thou thinkest of attaining to righteousness and merit, thou mayst again attain to it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thinkest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
