ponder
Example Sentences
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In “Hard Feelings” Mr. Smith ponders how our most disagreeable emotions can serve us.
Handsome’s shouts of distress pulled Major Puff out of his deep pondering about migration.
From Literature
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The 18-year-old who is about to become Britain's youngest ever Formula 1 driver is sitting on a beach in Bahrain, a Gulf mist obscuring the still-rising sun, and he's pondering a question.
From BBC
He’s even started to ponder how the movie could be expanded to fit the venue’s enormous wraparound screen à la Sphere’s theme-park-like take on “The Wizard of Oz.”
From Los Angeles Times
It left me to ponder, how do you know if you’re the Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan of curling or the next great star to revolutionize the sport?
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.