Pondered Sentence Examples

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  • She pondered a few minutes and then smiled.

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  • As she answered it, he pondered what she had said.

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  • I pondered the known facts.

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  • I pondered the meaning long and hard.

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  • Napoleon now pondered over his plan of campaign.

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  • Prince Andrew again pondered as if trying to remember something.

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  • I've pondered the events of those few months so often and so deeply I know if I don't at least commit the experience to paper I'll never move forward.

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  • No sooner had he reached Constantinople than he fell sick, "having pondered much about the council," and before he had put his hand to the task which had brought him he died, probably in January 383.

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  • She pondered what made her decision so simple and touched her face again.

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  • Jennifer pondered this point.

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  • The princess pondered awhile with a thoughtful smile and her luminous eyes lit up so that her face was entirely transformed.

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  • The third company was the last, and Kutuzov pondered, apparently trying to recollect something.

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  • Pierre pondered over these broadsheets.

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  • Once I was alone again, I pondered my unilateral decision to speak directly to Ethel Reagan as I sipped on cold coffee.

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  • For a long time he had pondered over the confusion in which Spain was, which he attributed to the intimate relations allowed between Christians and infidels for the sake of commerce.

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  • After they ordered dinner, he pondered over his water glass.

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  • He pondered his bandaged forearm, where he cut himself when he intended to take her as his mate.

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  • Dean had pondered that very question during his sheep-counting hours the prior night.

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  • Jenn pondered it and what she'd felt kissing Darian.

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  • I seriously pondered whether I should stop reading it all together.

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  • The countess' eyes filled with tears and she pondered in silence.

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  • Having inspected the country opposite the Shevardino Redoubt, Napoleon pondered a little in silence and then indicated the spots where two batteries should be set up by the morrow to act against the Russian entrenchments, and the places where, in line with them, the field artillery should be placed.

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  • He slid in behind another biker and followed the crouched figure evenly, absentmindedly match­ing the rider stride for stride for several miles as he pondered his course of action.

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  • When I think back to that afternoon, and lord knows, I've pondered the incident a thousand times, I marvel at our collective wisdom in disregarding caution and acting as we did.

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  • Notes I have often pondered at great length over this passage.

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  • She pondered the idea numbly until it was replaced with the vision from her dream, the one where Taran killed her.

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  • He pondered on what information to give, wishing to disclose as little as possible, while satisfying her need for details.

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  • A week ago she might have pondered the longevity of their marriage.

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  • At that moment Berg drew out his handkerchief as if to blow his nose and, seeing the knot in it, pondered, shaking his head sadly and significantly.

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  • He went to the sink and began attacking the pile of dirty dishes as he pondered how they would tell the young girl her world was about to flip upside down.

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  • As he sipped his double choc latte, Terry pondered his recent experience (feeling rather chuffed with himself ).

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  • Others hung banners from highway overpasses, causing rush hour traffic to halt to a standstill as commuters pondered the demonstration.

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  • She sat behind the bookcase with her eyes fixed on a streak of light escaping from the pantry door and listened to herself and pondered.

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  • Natasha stepped up to the window and pondered.

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  • After a bloody defeat, and whilst taking refuge in a dark cave escaping the English army, Robert sat and pondered his campaign.

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  • Ok, I ca n't deny that I occasionally pondered their merits, relative to my own self-regard.

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  • Letting her arms fall helplessly, she sat with downcast eyes and pondered.

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  • Some have pondered the question because they wanted to know if they truly loved the person they were with or pining over.

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  • She pondered the spaceship dilemma and how to commission one to take her home without Evelyn, Romas, or anyone else finding out.

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  • If you've ever pondered over the various elements used to make fingernails look beautiful - gels, wraps and acrylics are just a few of them - you may also have some interest in using them.

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  • Ok, I can't deny that I occasionally pondered their merits, relative to my own self-regard.

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  • Cicero pondered over the fact; Arcesilaus explained the secession to the Epicurean camp, compared with the fact that no Epicurean was ever known to have abandoned his school, by saying that, though it was possible for a man to be turned into a eunuch, no eunuch could ever become a man.

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  • He began to think of quitting the world, and pondered a plan for establishing a kind of humanistic convent, where he might dedicate himself, in the company of kindred spirits, to still severer studies and a closer communion with God.

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  • The backup video player pondered it and then spewed bits of tape about and gave up even more finally.

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