His mind skipped about, seeking explanation for her presence.

But her mind skipped around in a distractingly foolish way, not concentrating on the problems at hand at all.

Her mind skipped and skimmed and refused to alight on anything.

But James's mind had skipped to something else.

You will not have gone ten yards before your mind has skipped away under your very eyes and is larking round the corner with another subject.

He put the plate down in front of him, his mind already skipping ahead to the matters Abernathy had listed.

Why had her mind skipped to Karl?

His mind skipped back against his will and he suddenly remembered the events of that night with startling clarity.

Her mind skipped the details of what they would eat.

Even as she tugged one on, her mind was already skipping ahead.