Have recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.

The obsessions include recurrent unwanted thoughts that cause compulsions, including repetitive behaviors.

The idea took a firm hold on him, and became his most frequently recurrent thought.

I thought about it occasionally, and I couldn't help but be intrigued by the long recurrent thought, "Why me?"

The recurrent sexual thoughts and feelings in these situations are sometimes referred to as sexual obsessions.

The phrase was continually in her mind, and each recurrent thought of it brought an actual physical pleasure-pang to her heart.

A recurrent thought caused his face to darken.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized by recurrent obsessional thoughts or compulsive acts.

"Just another stiff in another crummy job," had been Shassad's recurrent thought after observing the man.