Always, his thoughts circled like vultures back to this same persistent, nagging question.

My thoughts circled around and around like a loop tape.

Every waking hour her thoughts circled on what she'd experienced, looking for some sign of hope.

With those thoughts circling in his mind, the kender opened the door of the inn.

And all the while his thoughts circled the same point.

Such thoughts circled in his brain until he fell into half-sleep.

The thoughts circled one another in her head, mutually antagonistic.

Just look, as if by doing so it would give him some clue as to why unwanted thoughts of her circled in his mind.

A single thought circled in her head: I killed him.

As he drove on, Harold's thoughts circled in a tumult.