pondered

Example Sentences

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Critics pondered whether “Margaret” was too dated to appeal to today’s youth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The question that Barclays analyst Dan Levy pondered on Tuesday was, of course, why?

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

In Stanley Park I pondered my grandmother’s voyage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

England's pace attack will have collectively pondered, fretted and chewed the festive bowling fat on their journey from Adelaide to the Melbourne Cricket Ground this week.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

As for the other jewels, he pondered this way and that, and at last he decided he would go to the great house and see if there were more land to buy.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck