pondered

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Pondered since last summer, the drive had been actively planned for a fortnight.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sugríva spoke inflamed with ire, Scanned Ráma with a glance of fire, Pondered a while in silent mood.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Pondered have I for years threescore and ten, But still am baffled by these mysteries.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

Then the smith, e'en Ilmarinen, Pondered over what was needed, Mixed a small supply of ashes, And some lye he added to it,210 To the blue steel's smelting mixture, For the tempering of the Iron.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)

He woke betimes; and, as may be supposed, Pondered upon his visitant or vision, And whether it ought not to be disclosed, At risk of being quizzed for superstition.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley