quander

Definitions

To ponder or wonder about.

Examples

“While thus I quandered in despair, imagine⟳, please⟳, me shocks — A gang o' naked savages came troopin' down the rocks ;.”

“There's a difference in the die-breaks, Or change⟳ made in the die⟳, That leads the numismatic mind⟳ To quander and to pry.”

“The picture continued to press⟳ upon young Alford's mind⟳, and with the peculiar vigor of youth, he had stopped to quander over the outward aspect of the situation.”

“Unusual short hop, should have⟳ been at least four hours or more, but I didn't have⟳ time to quander over it, because Lt. Hanse and I get⟳ the call⟳ to take⟳ her back up.”

“What the hell did I get⟳ myself into? he quandered, peering down at the long, slender legs as they drew up closer to his thigh . . . the dark, kneehigh skirt climbing slowly above the gartered silk stockings.”

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