All 9 Uses
contemplate
in
Lonesome Dove
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- If he was contemplating a drive he would probably make one.†
Chpt 5-6
- Neither was pleasant to contemplate.†
Chpt 9-10
- He contemplated turning and trying to charge through them; if he killed three or four they might get discouraged.†
Chpt 56-57 *
- The insolence of the look was so great that for a moment Jake contemplated gunplay.†
Chpt 70-71
- It was clear he and Clara were contemplating some work.†
Chpt 81-82
- Augustus was contemplating buying a lighter pistol to replace the big Colt he carried, but he decided against it.†
Chpt 85-86
- She contemplated changing blouses, but if she did that, the next thing she knew she would be taking baths in the morning and changing clothes three times a day like a fine lady, and she didn't have that many clothes, or consider herself that fine.†
Chpt 87-88
- "I hope you ain't contemplating an irregular situation," he said.†
Chpt 87-88
- He contemplated leaving the men and going on a long look around himself, north of Yellowstone, but decided against it, mainly because of Indians.†
Chpt 93-94
Definitions:
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(1)
(contemplate) consider or ponder
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)