He lay there for almost five minutes, but then a terrible thought occurred to him.

His whole being was engrossed with a single terrible thought.

For a moment, the terrible thought came that the whole thing had only been some sort of dream.

It was that man from the newspaper who had got her thinking such terrible thoughts.

It was the most terrible thought in the world for her.

They were silent for a moment, both of them lost in their own terrible thoughts.

There was no room for any but the one terrible thought.

We would always have to come back here, but that wasn't such a terrible thought.

This was an especially terrible thought, and he turned his mind from it.

In the back of his mind came the terrible thought that he might stumble without her support.