think back
Recall or reflect on, as in When I think back on my days as a summer camper, I really had a good time, or As he thought back to his father, long dead, tears came to his eyes. [Mid-1900s]
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How to use think back in a sentence
think back to the Bush-Kerry race of 2004, the Thrilla in Vanilla.
When I think back to growing up in New Jersey, I realize it was a far different time for Palestinians than today.
It was great to think back on not just that experience, but on why that film still resonates with people.
The Great Character Actor: Guy Pearce on His Brilliant Career, From ‘Priscilla’ to ‘The Rover’ | Richard Porton | May 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe blankness had invited the mind to think back to mornings before September 11, when the mist had concealed the twin towers.
"I think back on them days and it was all supposed to be so hip," he says.
The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the Bayou | John Ed Bradley | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Can you think back still further to a time when the house in which you live had not been built?
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. Mowrythink back over those you have known who come under this heading and you will find no actually round-faced people amongst them.
How to Analyze People on Sight | Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine BenedictSome of them I can already think back and see myself tugging at, and it makes me hot all over.
The Melting of Molly | Maria Thompson DaviessI began to feel pretty miserable, and to think back into the past: I just heard Andy droning away by my side.
Joe Wilson and His Mates | Henry LawsonAs I think back to this transaction I am bitten by a kind of remorseful shame.
A Daughter of the Middle Border | Hamlin Garland
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