All 7 Uses of
ponder
in
Babbitt
- Then there was the problem, oft-pondered, never solved, of what to do with the old blade, which might imperil the fingers of his young.†
Chpt 1 *pondered = thought deeply or carefully about
- But Babbitt—the curst discontent was torturing him again, and heavily, in the impersonal darkness, he pondered, "I don't—We're all so flip and think we're so smart.†
Chpt 9
- Upon this theology he rarely pondered.†
Chpt 16
- He pondered, "Now, there's a real he-world.†
Chpt 16
- And as he pondered on the train home something in his own self seemed to have died: a loyal and vigorous faith in the goodness of the world, a fear of public disfavor, a pride in success.†
Chpt 24
- He had often and weightily pondered flappers smoking in Zenith restaurants, but he knew only one woman who smoked—Mrs.†
Chpt 28
- In his chilly cot, turning from aching side to side, he pondered of Tanis.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
to think deeply or carefully about something