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Example sentences for: pondered

How can you use “pondered” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

We at Slate have pondered the situation and concluded that every American is influential in his or her own way.
Eight feet, pondered Justice Stephen Breyer.
The media, as always, pondered what it all means for the media.
I've pondered these issues ever since.
Also, John Updike writes a self-indulgent essay about his books: "Somewhere in their several million pondered, proofread, printed words I must have done my best, sung my song, had my say."