to think that

Conjunction

Meaning

to think that

Used to express that one is strongly moved or surprised by something.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'. Arthur Eddington

Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone. Richard Stallman

This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it. Harrison Birtwistle

A dog doesn't like bananas, but he can't bear to think that chickens eat them. Martinican Proverb

It is unwise for one to think that a hen will ever be accorded respect in the land of the hawks. African Proverb

To think that larks will fall into one's mouth ready roasted. Romanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

to the wide to there to thicken to this day to this effect to this end