bring to mind

1. Cause to be remembered, as in The film brought to mind the first time I ever climbed a mountain. This idiom, first recorded in 1433, appears in Robert Burns's familiar “Auld Lang Syne” (1788), in which the poet asks if old times should never be brought to mind. Also see come to mind.

Example Sentences

Perhaps the fissure should bring to mind Nordic depression, or familial misadventures in communication.

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Those stereotypes might bring to mind images of black hats, broomsticks and cackling over cauldrons, common in much media.

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Loose wavy hair, fresh homemade cooking and a farmhouse aesthetic bring to mind “Little House on the Prairie” and help viewers forget the crises of the world outside.

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She rocks the studio’s campy branded ensembles — some with blood splatter designs, others with fangs and skulls — as she demonstrates movements that bring to mind iconic scream scenes.

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The gleaming textures, precise drums and razor-sharp guitar work of that dying factory town bring to mind an abandoned, chrome-plated future that politicians never even bothered to promise in the one-time nexus of the South.

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