COGITATE in a Sentence

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For COGITATE, below is one of 6 sentences:
The boy was fully occupied with his own cogitations for the remainder of the ride, till we halted before the farmhouse garden-gate.

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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.