hear oneself think, can't

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Be unable to concentrate because there is too much noise. For example, There was so much noise from the jackhammers we couldn't hear ourselves think. [Early 1900s]

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I think a lot of it has to do with the attitude and the energy behind it and the honesty.
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“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.
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“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
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I think a large majority of our fans are [other] nationalities.
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Think back to the Bush-Kerry race of 2004, the Thrilla in Vanilla.
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You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
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Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Few people, I think, realize that, and fewer still realize the reasonable consequences of that.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
And although we gabbled freely enough, MacRae avoided all mention of the persons of whom I most wished to hear.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

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