PONDER in a Sentence

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120 example sentences for PONDER, such as:

1. I am pondering how to respond.
2. These incidents made the youth ponder.
3. She pondered for a moment before replying.
4. Now go, and ponder on what I have said to you.
5. I ponder for some minutes before giving the answer.

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 Meanings and Examples of PONDER
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ponder
 v.  weigh; weigh in the mind; view with deliberation; examine carefully; consider attentively
Classic Sentence: (109 in 8 pages)
1  Meanwhile the miser crept out of the bush half-naked and in a piteous plight, and began to ponder how he should take his revenge, and serve his late companion some trick.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE MISER IN THE BUSH
2  Franz let him proceed without interruption, and, in fact, did not hear what was said; he longed to be alone, and free to ponder over all that had occurred.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 34. The Colosseum.
3  He left the porter to ponder on these words, not knowing which most to admire, the master or the servant.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker.
4  The elder Mohican heard with deep gravity, and appeared to ponder on his words, as though he felt the importance of their import.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
5  These incidents made the youth ponder.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
6  Haley therefore slowly and discontentedly returned to the little tavern, to ponder further what was to be done.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  I suspected she might be right and I wrong; but I would not ponder the matter deeply; like Felix, I put it off to a more convenient season.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  I'd pray awhile to one, ponder awhile, then go on to another.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIV
9  Now go, and ponder on what I have said to you.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
10  The nature of our punishment, if it be discovered, is not for the human heart to ponder.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART ONE
11  But Jo had made up her mind, and after pondering over a project for some days, she confided it to her mother.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
12  Ulysses was left in the cloister, pondering on the means whereby with Minerva's help he might be able to kill the suitors.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIX
13  There he lay in his bed till morning, while Ulysses was left in the cloister pondering on the means whereby with Minerva's help he might be able to kill the suitors.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIX
14  While pondering this new idea, I heard the front door open; Mr. Bates came out, and with him was a nurse.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
15  I was pondering these things, when an incident, and a somewhat unexpected one, broke the thread of my musings.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
Example Sentence:
1  I ponder for some minutes before giving the answer.
2  Though the child is not in immediate danger the work seems to ponder the possibilities of the outcome.
3  Corporate profits were up markedly, and that's leading hungry brokers to ponder yet more rises on the stock markets.
4  The dream is not a dream, the difference between the two usually have a very worth pondering the distance.
5  I am pondering how to respond.
6  In pondering the great mystery, I thought of Helen Burns, recalled her dying words -- her faith -- her doctrine of the equality of disembodied souls.
7  I pondered the incident, asking myself again and again how it could have happened.
8  She pondered for a moment before replying.
9  You have pondered long enough; it is time to decide.
10  The last of the Doolittle Raiders, all in their 90's, offered a final toast Saturday to their fallen comrades, as they pondered their place in history after a day of fanfare about their 1942 attack on Japan.
11  His humor lacked the light touch; his jokes were always ponderous.