COGITATE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for COGITATE, such as:

1. Then they separated, cogitating.
2. He is cogitating upon some means of revenge.
3. Then he tossed the marble away pettishly, and stood cogitating.
4. It was the Colonel who finally solved the problem, which had cost him much perplexed cogitation.

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 Meanings and Examples of COGITATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cogitate
 v.  think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply
Classic Sentence:
1  Then he tossed the marble away pettishly, and stood cogitating.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  Then they separated, cogitating.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  The boy was fully occupied with his own cogitations for the remainder of the ride, till we halted before the farmhouse garden-gate.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
4  Consequently, in spite of Manilov's cogitations, he could think of nothing better to do than to sit letting a stream of tobacco smoke escape from his mouth.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
5  It was the Colonel who finally solved the problem, which had cost him much perplexed cogitation.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
Example Sentence:
1  He is cogitating upon some means of revenge.