All 11 Uses of
ponder
in
Lonesome Dove
- Night and day itself was something to ponder: there had to be a reason for the sun to fall, lie hidden and then rise again from the opposite side of the plain, and other reasons for the rain, the thunder and the slicing north wind.†
Chpt 15-16ponder = think deeply or carefully about
- He had known several men who blew their heads off, and he had pondered it much.†
Chpt 19-20 *pondered = thought deeply or carefully about
- He pondered what she had said a minute, trying to figure out where he might have missed her meaning.†
Chpt 36-37
- He pondered the matter for some time but reached no conclusion.†
Chpt 52-53
- He had been pondering that point himself.†
Chpt 62-63pondering = thinking deeply or carefully about
- While he was pondering what his next move might be, a hard-looking crew showed up in the saloon where he was playing.†
Chpt 64-65
- Zwey pondered that information for a time.†
Chpt 66-67pondered = thought deeply or carefully about
- Zwey gnawed on a big drumstick while he pondered.†
Chpt 66-67
- At night, when she finally slept, he would sit in the tent, pondering it all.†
Chpt 83-84pondering = thinking deeply or carefully about
- He was pondering the question of whether to take a man with him.†
Chpt 93-94
- Sitting in his tent that night, he pondered the change in himself.†
Chpt 97-98pondered = thought deeply or carefully about
Definition:
to think deeply or carefully about something