Below you will find example sentences with "thought experiment". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Thought Experiment in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: experiment
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23 words

Words in this phrase

thought experiment

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • thought can mean: A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking. Common word
  • experiment can mean: A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the effic... Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a tantalizing thought experiment encapsulates the 1× an intriguing thought experiment and took 1× another historic thought experiment was avicenna 1× as a thought experiment 1× but abstract thought experiment 1× completely outlandish thought experiment 1× conducting a thought experiment 1× consider the thought experiment of what 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and soon because 1× another historic thought 1× for the purposes 1× let s continue 1× remember we are 1× so chicagoans and 1×

Common sentence endings:

a thought experiment 4× a starting point 1× abstract thought experiment 1× even good morals 1× game only force 1× of hopeful shimmer 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

good 6× quantum 2× device 2× let 2× isn 2× sort 2× outlandish 2× thing 2× historic 1× avicenna 1× floating 1× man 1×

Related phrases

originally thought

Phrases around this combination

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Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "thought experiment" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 23 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a tantalizing thought experiment encapsulates the, an intriguing thought experiment and took, good, quantum and device stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with originally thought, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with thought experiment

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Remember, we are conducting a thought experiment. (7 words)

It’s not a completely outlandish thought experiment. (8 words)

This isn't some troubling but abstract thought experiment. (9 words)

Longer example sentences

It did not seem like many Republicans were eager to consider the thought experiment of what the trial would look like if McCain were still alive and in the Senate, as many of them had their heads down while Jeffries spoke. (41 words)

Rather, the point of this thought experiment is to point out what is clear to a distant observer, even if it’s undetected by the casual American citizen: The US military is an away-game-only force. (37 words)

True, this would mean those bitten by Vegetarian Thanos’s army of ticks wouldn’t have a problem eating fish, poultry or monkey, but we can ignore that for the sake of this questionable thought experiment. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Another historic thought experiment was Avicenna 's " Floating Man " thought experiment in the 11th century.

The quantum suicide thought experiment attempts to isolate all possible outcomes for the duration of the thought experiment.

Thought experiment Unlike the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment which used hydrocyanic acid and a radioactive decay trigger, this version involves a life-terminating device and a device that measures the spin value of protons.

The year was 2017, and for the thought experiment, a few of them thought it “would be fun” to write a scientific paper about what you could do with quantum in finance.

So Chicagoans (and any stray Miamians finding themselves here) might have an easier time participating in a thought experiment I’d like to try today.

Let’s continue this thought experiment around wage compression and job disruption using the aggregate cost of physician salaries in the U.S. healthcare system as a starting point.

It did not seem like many Republicans were eager to consider the thought experiment of what the trial would look like if McCain were still alive and in the Senate, as many of them had their heads down while Jeffries spoke.

Remember, we are conducting a thought experiment.

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Suppose we engage in a thought experiment and pretend that we are townspeople.

This isn't some troubling but abstract thought experiment.

And soon — because this is no longer a thought experiment.

And that’s a key point that some have said but probably isn’t emphasized enough and everything fails as a thought experiment.

For the purposes of this article, let us conduct a sort of outlandish thought experiment in which we will assign to Schiff good will, good faith, good values, good ethics, even good morals.

It’s not a completely outlandish thought experiment.

Theorizing about how like an approaching zombie horde stopped being just an intriguing thought experiment and took on a sort of hopeful shimmer.

Rather, the point of this thought experiment is to point out what is clear to a distant observer, even if it’s undetected by the casual American citizen: The US military is an away-game-only force.

So it’s a good thing this is all just a thought experiment.

Their conversation, a tantalizing thought experiment, encapsulates the alternating strategies, violence versus nonviolence, that have been employed on the road to racial justice.

There are a lot of scenarios to play with, but for this thought experiment, take one thing as a constant - there’s a short time-frame to work with.

True, this would mean those bitten by Vegetarian Thanos’s army of ticks wouldn’t have a problem eating fish, poultry or monkey, but we can ignore that for the sake of this questionable thought experiment.

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