How to Use ponder in a Sentence

ponder

verb

• The team pondered their chances of success.
• We pondered whether we could afford the trip.
• He pondered the question before he answered.
• My inner goddess pondered this for the rest of the evening.
  — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 6 Feb. 2018
• But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
  — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2019
• The regime and countries in the West are now pondering their next steps.
  — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2018
• Here’s a thought to ponder over the 4th of July weekend.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 1 July 2022
• Harder to ponder still: how the Sharks and Rangers could work out the money.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
• Just her Chevy and time to ponder how things went so wrong so fast.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 30 Oct. 2021
• All James has now is a few weeks to think, a few weeks to ponder his next move.
  — Tim Reynolds, Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2018
• Well, that surely gives fans a lot to ponder, and fight over, for the next few months.
  — Wired, 21 Oct. 2019
• Once again, the Eldest Boy will be left to ponder what might have been.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• Those who apply for the job should ponder the phrase, too.
  — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
• For some, these questions may be tough to ask and ponder.
  — Bianca Lambert, Essence, 10 Jan. 2023
• Harsin pondered aloud if the refs could work around the action, but said the issue does need to be fixed.
  — Dave Southorn and Rachel Roberts, idahostatesman, 4 Nov. 2017
• At the London Review of Books, Miller ponders all this and more.
  — Longreads, 10 Mar. 2023
• Then stop and ponder just what dogs would be doing in the middle of nowhere.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2020
• There’s plenty for Nagy to ponder as the players get away and recharge.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• Slate jumped in with a piece pondering why no one cared.
  — Longreads, 7 June 2019
• Take the time to ponder and define your unique values and write them down.
  — Joe Hart, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2023
• That led Shiryaev to ponder how the Russians even thought about waging this war in the first place.
  — Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2022
• But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
  — Houston Chronicle, 24 Dec. 2017
• But four of them opted to take a gap year and ponder their options.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr. 2021
• Aside from the grandeur of that ale, there is something much bigger to ponder here.
  — Eli Amdur, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
• The nine-member panel is far from the first to ponder such questions.
  — Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2021
• The question – pondering depth the likes of which the Rangers haven’t seen in a decade, if not more – hung over a 7-4 win over Atlanta.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 17 May 2023
• These seem like far-out problems, but now is the time to start pondering them.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 17 May 2018
• There is more to ponder, in this uncommon movie, than there is to plumb.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2020
• The shelves of ethicists are filled with books pondering why good people do bad things, and their answers are rarely short and sweet.
  — Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
• The musicians also are pondering the arc that Vampire Weekend’s next five albums might trace.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024