Example Sentences

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I didn't like to ask you, but you must be a thought reader.

From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Gibbon, Perceval

That night the travellers encamped in the woods, and a wild charmingly romantic scene their night bivouac was—so thought Ailie, and so, too, would you have thought, reader, had you been there.

From The Red Eric by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

The Leading Signalman, not being a thought reader as well as a conjurer, put down his telescope with a grunt until the pall cleared away.

From Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories by Dorling, H. Taprell (Henry Taprell)

I am learning to be a thought reader.

From Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

“I am a thought reader, remember,” she said, with a wan smile, as she followed his glance.

From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram