Cognitive dissonance exists when a person possesses two cognitions, one of which is contradictory to the other

I looked up from the thick cotton mat, unsure where my legs were. “She looks monked up.” “maybe her brain is damaged, huh, miss Bryant?”

A shut door barred our way into the house.

If you should someday round a corner on the hiking trail and come face to face with a mountain lion, you would probably never forget the mighty cat.