My mind went through and settled on

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What verbs can I use instead of "go through" and "settled" in this sentence?

On the plane, I looked out the window. The sun was gleaming in the empty blue sky. My mind went through yesterday's events and finally settled on my wife. Was she mad at me?
 

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What verbs can I use instead of "go through" and "settled" in this sentence?

On the plane, I looked out the window. The sun was gleaming in the empty blue sky. My mind went through yesterday's events and finally settled on my wife. Was she mad at me?
It's good.

- went through
- riffled
- scrolled

- settled
- landed
- stopped
- came to rest
 

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On the plane, I looked out the window.
I looked out of the plane window.

The sun was gleaming in the empty blue sky.
The sun gleamed in a cloudless sky.

My mind went through yesterday's events and finally settled on my wife. Was she mad at me?
I went over the events of yesterday in my mind and wondered if, and why, my wife was mad at me.

See above for some suggested changes.
 
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