How To Use Frame of mind In A Sentence
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He was quick to let Leicester know he was in a happy frame of mind, skipping early on with pace down the left wing.
Times, Sunday Times
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I have to be in the right frame of mind to play chess.
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Not especially in a mood to linger and look around I made a mental note to return in a better frame of mind.
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He's in rather a negative frame of mind.
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I had hardly sent that last Roundabout Paper to the printer (which, I submit, was written in a pacable and not unchristian frame of mind), when Saturday came, and with it, of course, my Saturday Review.
Roundabout Papers
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A loosened curl had fallen over her forehead, giving to the severity of her dress, copied from that portrait of her father, a dishevelling touch, as though a young lady were suddenly discovered to be a gipsy in an evil frame of mind.
The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing
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Family Lives will help put you in the right frame of mind to heal the rift (familylives.
The Sun
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Try to relax before the exam, and you'll approach it in a better frame of mind.
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It was in this frame of mind that he lingered over the chocolate cake, letting each forkful slowly dissolve in his mouth.
THE ENDLESS GAME
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By his own admission, Gordon was not in the right frame of mind to win yesterday.
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We'll discuss this when you're in a better frame of mind.
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Before leaving, Dmytryk offered up the names (redacted from the file) of two former Party members who might be "in such a frame of mind that they would be willing to talk to the FBI.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
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Of the third I send you half-a-dozen bottles by way of sample: a judicious imbibition of the contents will be found to be a sovereign remedy for the Pip and other kindred disorders that owe their origin to a melancholy frame of mind.
The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891
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We will go there in a very positive frame of mind, take the game by the scruff of the neck and hopefully win it.
Times, Sunday Times
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One way to tackle these sorts of questions is modern social theory; another is to try to think oneself into a prehistoric frame of mind.
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I'm in a good frame of mind, very happy and pleased with where my game is at and the direction it is going.
Times, Sunday Times
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This week's stellar configurations incline you towards a refreshingly flexible frame of mind - a lissome, limbo-dancing attitude to the vicissitudes of daily existence.
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Further, it is to be hoped that a more equable frame of mind may help create the right kind of emotional and mental conditions for physical healing - in which ever way it is sought - to take place.
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One Labour frontbencher said: "Charlie Kennedy is in a very angry frame of mind.
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A relaxation session may put you in a better frame of mind.
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While this may seem counterintuitive, turning up for a brunch when you're hungover puts you in a much more favourable frame of mind.
Times, Sunday Times
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He laid the letter before him, and there was enjoined such a line of integrity, incorruptness, of bearing every degree of persecution rather than disguising truth, that he went up into the country in a proper frame of mind for doing his duty.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12)
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Lewis was not in the right frame of mind to continue.
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People adhere to astrology with a dogmatic frame of mind rather than having a sceptical, critical approach.
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In the right frame of mind any crucial five minutes could amuse the most restive psyche, despite which fact you feel certain that you could easily destroy a universe of time.
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Use your word processor's thesaurus to find synonyms for ‘said’ and use them to convey a speaker's frame of mind or actions to the reader.
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Lisselton came up trumps in the big game and understandably the team and supporters were in a jubilant frame of mind on their homeward journey.
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Try to relax before the exam, and you'll approach it in a better frame of mind.
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I don't want to go into the game in a negative frame of mind but we have to be realistic and admit it will be a big ask to get two points off Leeds.
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Whether you think of it as a Buddhist riddle termed a "koan", a mystical allegory, or an inner-world travelogue; if you're in the right frame of mind, you will surely be fascinated by Bae's highly intelligent, visually arresting film.
John Farr: Getting Religion: The Ten Best Films on Faith
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Of course something like that does not improve your frame of mind.
Times, Sunday Times
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Intravenous injections of a chemical agent we call Pentothal-V6, twice a day for ten days at twelve-hour intervals — once the client has been put into a suitably frightened, disoriented frame of mind, by the usual sleep-wake method, followed by four days of sleeplessness.
Noble House
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Those who knew me used to call me 'Brimstone Betty;' and in my own family I went by the name of the 'Bold Dragoon,' much to the miscontentment of my father, who tried hard to bring me to a more feminine habit of Body and frame of mind, both by affectionate expostulation, and by assiduous larruping with a stirrup leather.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...
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It is obvious that this way of thinking is highly conducive to a resentful frame of mind.
Times, Sunday Times
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Reading, writing and rereading my list keeps me in a positive frame of mind.
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I'm not in the right frame of mind to start discussing money.
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While trying to put myself into her frame of mind, a sudden and unprovoked eureka moment came over me.
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Fourteen is not an easy age and getting your children into the right frame of mind for these tests can be difficult.
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He's in a much more positive state/frame of mind these days.
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The Biancoceleste have had the ideal preparation for the double-header, with a 2-1 win at Udinese at the weekend putting them in the right frame of mind.
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We'll discuss this when you're in a better frame of mind.
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She returned from lunch in a happier frame of mind.
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In fact, at the age of forty-two, Mortimer Sturgis was in just the frame of mind to take some nice girl aside and ask her to become a step-mother to his eleven drivers, his baffy, his twenty-eight putters, and the rest of the ninety-four clubs which he had accumulated in the course of his golfing career.
The Clicking of Cuthbert
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People adhere to astrology with a dogmatic frame of mind rather than having a sceptical, critical approach.
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He could be enlightening, terribly funny, extremely kind and utterly maddening - depending on his frame of mind.
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The most important thing is to go into the exam in a positive frame of mind.
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She returned from lunch in a happier frame of mind.
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The liscom gas had actually worked like a narcotic, lulling the people into a peaceful frame of mind and allowing the two races to coexist in harmony and to gain Federation membership for their world, unlike their belligerent parent worlds.
A Time to Hate
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At any rate, I hope that all people, especially those who are in a melancholy frame of mind in this global village, will get a chance to dine on all kinds of delicacies of the season during this lonely autumn.
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He's in rather a negative frame of mind.
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You can not do that for her, can not alter her frame of mind.
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The most important thing is to go into the exam in a positive frame of mind.
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Family Lives will help put you in the right frame of mind to heal the rift (familylives.
The Sun
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We won't know until the inspectors get there what his frame of mind is, but it's pretty bellicose in the meantime.
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How can we speak to people in this frame of mind?
Christianity Today
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The result left Eddie Pollock, the Stirling coach, in a very unhappy frame of mind - so much so that his immediate post-match response was unprintable.
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The Biancoceleste have had the ideal preparation for the double-header, with a 2-1 win at Udinese at the weekend putting them in the right frame of mind.
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Of course something like that does not improve your frame of mind.
Times, Sunday Times
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He has the ability to get you into the right frame of mind, to get you mentally prepared.
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In that jaundiced reportorial frame of mind, sitting in the press compound at Bristol, desultorily I watched a woman shepherd a young man in a wheelchair onto the gym floor.
Mayhill Fowler: Bittergate: the Untold Story Behind the Story that Rocked the Obama Campaign
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But the king came to a better frame of mind, he called the jarls away, and returning humbly to his palace, took off his royal robes, and came again barefoot and in sackcloth to the church door, where Bishop William met him, took him by the hand, gave him the kiss of peace, and led him to the penitents 'place.
A Book of Golden Deeds
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The diffence in technique implies a diffent frame of mind: the transparent approach seems more synthetical to me.
Shady Diamond Illusion
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Ishmael the character is an objectified self, a projection of the self image and frame of mind of the narrator hero.
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By his own admission, Gordon was not in the right frame of mind to win yesterday.
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A relaxation session may put you in a better frame of mind.
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It might have been the Japanese frame of mind we were in, but we settled on the slow-cooked Japanese style salmon, which Hugh assured us could be prepared with whole mackerel, trout, sea bass, or scad as well.
Archive 2009-04-01
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After all, I was merely forswearing a bad habit, forgoing a bad frame of mind.
Chapter 30
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As you can see, Yoga philosophers throughout the ages have recommended the lactovegetarian diet as most suitable for building health and creating a bright, stable frame of mind.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated
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Whistling a quick tune or two can really help you keep a positive frame of mind when life's little niggles get to you.
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Having arrived at this comfortable frame of mind (to which she had been greatly assisted by certain short interjectional remarks of the philosophical George), Mrs. Jarley consoled Nell with many kind words, and requested as a personal favour that whenever she thought of Miss Monflathers, she would do nothing else but laugh at her, all the days of her life.
Old Curiosity Shop
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an ugly frame of mind
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Then, in another frame of mind, she ate a hearty dinner and joked and punned.
Globe and Mail
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Delightfully conceived and beautifully shot, the video captures Peter's carefree frame of mind perfectly.
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The most important thing is to go into the exam in a positive frame of mind.
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Lynne Kiesling, who believes that rent-seekers should be prosecuted, is in an accusatory frame of mind concerning the latest energy legislation.
New Energy Legislation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Having arrived at this comfortable frame of mind (to which she had been greatly assisted by certain short interjectional remarks of the philosophical George), Mrs Jarley consoled Nell with many kind words, and requested as a personal favour that whenever she thought of Miss
The Old Curiosity Shop
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Each time she passed, the little lizard licked his chops and swallowed -- a sort of vicarious expression of faith or desire; or was he in a Christian Science frame of mind, saying, "My, how good that fly tasted!" each time the dipteron passed?
Edge of the Jungle
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See a counselor once you have restored some of your relationship and feel that you can talk about your feelings in a more balanced and open frame of mind.
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This week's stellar configurations incline you towards a refreshingly flexible frame of mind - a lissome, limbo-dancing attitude to the vicissitudes of daily existence.
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It is filled with enough fun facts and brain rattling memories that it makes for a solid cover to cover read that will put you in the right holiday frame of mind.
The Christmas TV Companion: a Guide to Cult Classics, Strange Specials and Outrageous Oddities - The Retroist
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When I read over it today it seemed utterly incongruous with my current frame of mind - a ranty tantrum almost.
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Family Lives will help put you in the right frame of mind to heal the rift (familylives.
The Sun
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The rhythmic breathing and the relaxed state of the muscles are interpreted by the brain as conducive to a calm frame of mind.
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(which, I submit, was written in a pacable and not unchristian frame of mind), when Saturday came, and with it, of course, my
Roundabout Papers
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He's in a much more positive state/frame of mind these days.
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You have to be in the right frame of mind to play well.
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He sympathizes with the curiously antispeculative, positivistic frame of mind which characterizes the whole Russian effort in the first place: he pleads for more careful elicitation
LINGUISTICS
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Temples and pagodas exist only to inspire the proper frame of mind for believers' devotion and self-awareness.
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Now that Paul Lennon is obviously in an extremely benevolent frame of mind does this mean a massive pay rise for the Tassie workforce?
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You could end up in a frame of mind, a digressive meditation on the dislocation of people or cultures, or you could end up in prison.
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In that frame of mind, let's rank the recent American politician sex scandals from scuzziest to most understandable.
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With this peacefulness also comes a happy and joyful frame of mind.
