All 7 Uses of
ponder
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- His sister became abruptly still, and lapsed into a pondering silence.†
Chpt 1 *pondering = thinking deeply or carefully about
- She pondered suspiciously, till, thinking that this might after all be true, she relented, and said quite humbly, "I beg your pardon, sir."†
Chpt 1pondered = thought deeply or carefully about
- It had occurred to her to look once more into the queer gaunt room which had been Clare's den, or rather eyrie, for so long, and climbing the ladder she stood at the open door of the apartment, regarding and pondering.†
Chpt 4pondering = thinking deeply or carefully about
- He said to himself, as he pondered again and again over the crystallized phrases that she had handed on to him, "That clever fellow little thought that, by telling her those things, he might be paving my way back to her!"†
Chpt 6pondered = thought deeply or carefully about
- He soon retired to bed; and the next morning, feeling exceedingly unwell, he remained in his room pondering.†
Chpt 7pondering = thinking deeply or carefully about
- The more he pondered, the more was he puzzled.†
Chpt 7pondered = thought deeply or carefully about
- Mrs Brooks pondered on the delay, and on what probable relation the visitor who had called so early bore to the couple upstairs.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
to think deeply or carefully about something