All 4 Uses of
ponder
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- The spectators saw in the two figures, a young lady of little more than twenty, and a gentleman who was evidently her father; a man of a very remarkable appearance in respect of the absolute whiteness of his hair, and a certain indescribable intensity of face: not of an active kind, but pondering and self-communing.†
Chpt 2.2
- He had shown strong internal agitation when he was questioned, and that pondering or brooding look which made him old, had been upon him, like a heavy cloud, ever since.†
Chpt 2.3 *
- He added in his inward and pondering manner, as he looked at the moon, "It was twenty either way, I remember, and the twentieth was difficult to squeeze in."†
Chpt 2.17
- "Now, let me see," said Madame Defarge, pondering again.†
Chpt 3.14
Definition:
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(ponder) to think deeply or carefully about something