Example Sentences

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Myers said that during Shabbat — the Jewish Sabbath, a time he does not use electronics — he had been pondering the issue.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

Mr. Ross had previously acknowledged he had been pondering a citizenship question since his early days in the department, but had said the trigger for adding the question was the request from the Justice Department.

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2021

The question he had been pondering for a while was … how?

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2019

“Great horned owl,” Willow declared after pointing his binoculars into the pine we had been pondering earlier that morning.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2019

“Fifteen years in America very long time,” Aisha said, as though she had been pondering this.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie