Both Uses of
ponder
in
The Notebook
- Then he let the book open randomly and read the words in front of him: This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best, Night, sleep, death and the stars.†
pondering = thinking deeply or carefully about
- "It's an unusual request," he said, pondering the situation.
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Definition:
to think deeply or carefully about something