All 7 Uses

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She dallied and sometimes sat trtider trees, searched for lady's slippers or white trilliums to pick, and contemplated her attraction to the world of illusions—her craving for existence and entertainment, for clothes, makeup, dances, movies.†
Chpt 7
He looked as though he was ready to eat, as if he was contemplating food.†
Chpt 9
They knelt before an alcove at the back of the room and contemplated a shelf on which small bowls of uncooked rice had been neatly arranged.†
Chpt 11
The violence might at last die out of him and set him free to contemplate his destiny and his next life on the Great Wheel.†
Chpt 11 *
When they were done, everyone fell silent on the deck and the chaplain called on the men to contemplate their relationship to God and Jesus.†
Chpt 16
I understand that you must be upset, but your state of mind, your emotional condition, these are not considerations I can legally contemplate under the rules governing these proceedings.†
Chpt 26
With his hands behind his back, as though contemplating this answer, he made his way toward the jurors' platform, where he stopped and turned to face the accused man, nodding at him slowly.†
Chpt 28

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