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Discover LudwigThe phrase "stray thoughts" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to random or scattered thoughts that are not connected to each other or to the main topic being discussed. Example: As she sat in the park, she couldn't help but be distracted by stray thoughts about her upcoming job interview.
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Meanwhile, some stray thoughts.
Such stray thoughts made people more miserable than commuting or working or any other activity.
I jotted down stray thoughts and memories in the middle of the night.
The moment he opens his mouth is the moment any stray thoughts of Det.
But the people having stray thoughts on "neutral" topics ranked only a little below the overall average in happiness.
Her art is more of a happily burbling brook of passing observations, stray thoughts and ditzy fantasies.
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"If we isolate the stray thought, the passing thought," he said, "the thought whose origin is unfathomable, then we begin to understand that we are routinely deranged, everyday crazy".
For some, fighting the stray thought is a bigger concern, sometimes requiring a novel approach.
What happens to the stray thought that drifts into view, is pondered, and then drifts away?
He has a Southwestern accent and is prone to precede a stray thought with, "I'll tell ya what..."....
Today parenting is like those Nextel commercials — no stray thought or anxiety passes without a cell-phone or messaging check.
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