come/spring/leap to mind

idiom

: to be remembered or thought of
What comes to mind when you hear his name?

Examples of come/spring/leap to mind in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web When the Met Gala dress code has the word garden in it, the most obvious trend to come to mind is florals. Irene Kim, Vogue, 7 May 2024 Toews always thrived with a true power forward on his wing — Dustin Byfuglien and Andrew Ladd come to mind. Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024 When most people think of spring, flowers immediately come to mind. Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024 There are many associations that come to mind with the Kentucky Derby. The Styles Desk David Kasnic, New York Times, 4 May 2024 There must be worse ideas than admitting refugees from Gaza into the U.S., but none immediately come to mind. Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 May 2024 When Joanasie Illauq, a 75-year-old hunter living in Clyde River, reflects on how Inuit life has changed in a few short decades, his TB evacuation in the 1960s is the first memory to come to mind. Melody Schreiber, NPR, 2 May 2024 Prior to entering the ticketing game, Oberman worked in day-to-day management of artists — Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver come to mind — at Frontline and Azoff Music Management. Marc Schneider, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 The Cronenberg sensibility is certainly present in this film, and adjectives like macabre and twisted come to mind. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024

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“Come/spring/leap to mind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%2Fspring%2Fleap%20to%20mind. Accessed 14 May. 2024.

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