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Example sentences for "wondering"

Lexicographically close words:
wonderful; wonderfull; wonderfully; wonderfulness; wonderin; wonderingly; wonderings; wonderlands; wonderly; wonderment
  1. He could see she was wondering what she dare tell him.

  2. He was wondering what it was when the earl reined in his horse.

  3. On his own bed he sat for an hour wondering what to do.

  4. Trent watched his tall, bent form wondering what was to be the outcome.

  5. A concerted whoop from our fleet brought all of them from their smoky lodges, and we swept by under their wondering eyes and exclamations.

  6. I'm all the time wondering what he is thinking, which keeps me perpetually thinking of him.

  7. Wondering what it could be, I got up, and, pulling aside the blind, received the most violent shock.

  8. Wondering what it could be, I sat up and listened.

  9. I can seem to see the old craft of those days plodding along, the sailors wondering which way to go, when lo, on Pharos's lofty tower blazes a fire to tell them their course.

  10. The boys were quarrelling about a light on shore, and wondering why that illumination was started so early, when it did not seem dark enough for a home light.

  11. Timothy was looking on in apparent unconcern, but really in bewilderment, and wondering when his turn would come.

  12. I have been wondering when you would ask that, Bernard.

  13. Only a few days earlier he had met one traitor in Mrs. Beecher Monmouth, and as he and the Colonel approached the gun platform he had been wondering if in Ewins he was to meet a second.

  14. But even with that danger hovering over him he could not help wondering if she loved Treves.

  15. John looked at him quickly, wondering if his keen eye had detected anything.

  16. John was wondering what he should say to the old gentleman.

  17. Some one from the fort is walking down there, and I'm wondering who it is.

  18. I suppose I was pretty awful," answered John, wondering what Treves had done to earn himself that character.

  19. John was wondering what her next move would be.

  20. In the fort, a minute later, John caught himself wondering what soldier it was.

  21. The Colonel nodded, and John, wondering exactly where the south room might be, went out of the library.

  22. Again Manton fell to wondering why the other had been so anxious to dispossess himself of name and identity.

  23. For an instant he was startled, wondering if her movement portended some sort of signal.

  24. We are not a bit the worse for wondering at them.

  25. A key was in the lock, and Eric turned it and opened the box, wondering what it could contain.

  26. Eric's parents were anxiously wondering how their boy fared alone in Gravenhaag.

  27. MY DEAR PHEBE, "I dare say you have been wondering what part of the globe I have travelled to.

  28. Phebe had been wondering how much of Nanna's speech had been intended for her own benefit.

  29. In consulting with Mr. Black as to the best site for the room, Phebe happened to mention her ownership of the meadow on the other side of the line, wondering if that would be too far away.

  30. Victoria Falls was at that time the terminus of the government-owned railroads, and the limit to which regular trains ran; and we could not avoid wondering what was awaiting us beyond that.

  31. We on our part, situated among them as we were, and conscious that there were many who were still seething under British rule, could not avoid wondering what might be the outcome were the British defeated.

  32. It was the first night she had ever spent away from her own home, and she could not help wondering how Tessa and the boys were getting along, and what they had for supper.

  33. The precious piece of paper was displayed to the wondering mother and brothers at the dinner-table that day.

  34. Jimmie, while Ned stood by wondering if he had not struck a lead of good luck at last.

  35. Wondering whether the boys who had gone on toward Gatun were safe, he lighted the fuse of the bomb and hastened up the stairs and out into the jungle.

  36. He did not believe that Ned would leave the deadly material there, to be used at will by the conspirators, so he was wondering now if the stuff had not been set off by his friends.

  37. Ned stood for a moment in deep thought, hesitating, wondering if the clerk was a man to be trusted in a great emergency.

  38. Again the boys sat back in their corner to wait, huddled together for the sake of companionship, and wondering what had become of their chums at the cottage.

  39. There they found the boys, waiting for them, eager for the story of the explosion, and wondering at their long delay.

  40. I've been wondering if there wasn't mines down there," Jimmie added, in a moment.

  41. I didn't know that you knew him," Ned said, wondering if every person he had come upon since arriving on the Isthmus was in the secret service.

  42. We were just wondering what had become of them.

  43. She is even now wondering where I am, and may be suspicious.

  44. The dull patter of soft little feet in the soft dust of the road, the gentle gleam of moist and wondering little eyes on the branches and in the mossy edges of the boulder, did not disturb him.

  45. XI THE FIGHT IN THE STORM Garth and Natalie were wondering next morning with what kind of a face Nick Grylls would greet them.

  46. They bolstered each other's courage with their jests, each secretly wondering and admiring of the other.

  47. He shot a startled glance at Garth; and from Garth to the hut and behind, as if wondering how much he knew.

  48. Big Nick was wondering dully what in hell was the matter with him.

  49. I answered, wondering to hear myself speaking so lightly.

  50. At this I laughed, I think, wondering the while if Anthony would ever know how much I loved and admired him.

  51. Only I was wondering what brings the like o' you padding the roads dressed like--like you are.

  52. Now at this I glanced up in wondering surprise, for in the touch of this slim hand, in voice and look, I had an indefinable sense of comradeship that thrilled me with sudden pride.

  53. Ay, I was wondering Which would be married first, and go away, And would we still be friends.

  54. You're wondering where we'll be ten years from now, Or something of that nature.

  55. I was wondering how long it would be before we hit something solid and whether it would be possible afterward to tell us apart.

  56. For a little he lay wondering where he was, piecing together his impressions and trying to bridge the intervening gaps.

  57. But he did not keep me wondering long; in fact, he did not keep me wondering at all.

  58. He seemed to take a great interest in the boy, but I was wondering whether it was the boy or the rifle he was carrying on his saddle.

  59. He turned this idea over thoughtfully in his mind, wondering if it couldn't be put to account in some way.

  60. If George was in any way different from another man in a similar position, it lay in the fact of his not waking up and wondering if his good fortune were a dream.

  61. Miss Perkins, who was now in an excellent temper, changed the conversation by wondering what time Mr. Parrott would return.

  62. Dale groaned, and was wondering whether he could achieve his aim by drawing up the rope, re-knotting it, and making the noose smaller, but just then Melchior spoke.

  63. I was wondering how we could find our way back.

  64. Saxe looked at Dale's wondering face, and then burst into a hearty laugh.

  65. Dale drew the canvas door aside and stepped out, while Saxe lay wondering how it was that it was quite dark one moment, when Dale was moving about, and broad daylight the next.

  66. For my mind was in a great tumult as we climbed the hill, wondering and fearing and hoping all at once, and longing to see who were my judges, and to have this matter ended once for all.

  67. Now I was glad to be kept off my own fierce thoughts for a little, and so answered him back, wondering at the name he gave me, and at his request.

  68. Aye, Sheriff," And I told him of the flight from the hall, and where she was now, wondering how he guessed this.

  69. He stood there wondering until the girls had passed out of his sight, after which the driver, with hands thrust deep in his pockets, walked slowly campward, trying to make up his mind what had happened.

  70. Those on the ledge above were wondering much the same thing.

  71. She clenched her fists until the nails almost cut into the flesh of her hands, and all the time she was wondering if the belt that seemed to be cutting her in two would hold or break.

  72. I get lost wondering what's going to happen next.

  73. Not a few of the strangers who came to Fohrensee, made inquiries about her, wondering where she could have come from; for they noticed the marked difference between her and the other women of the place.

  74. I was only wondering why I saw no signs of any new and marvellous inventions at present," said MR.

  75. Well, I was wondering if you had such a thing as a good warm pair of sleeping socks; because, these bitter nights, I do find I suffer so from cold in my feet.

  76. I was wondering if I could buy an evening paper anywhere," said MR.

  77. Lave me down for a bit of sod," he commanded the wondering young driver, who would have liked above all things to sail for the new world.

  78. We cannot help wondering why Richard's life did not come to a sudden end like his father's, but perhaps Osmond's good care and vigilance gave no chance for treachery to do its work.

  79. Duke Hugh of Paris takes the most prominent place just at this time, and with his widespread dominions and personal power and high rank, we cannot help wondering that he did not put himself at the head of the kingdom.

  80. He stops to ask the wondering pilgrims whence they come and whither they are going, and guides them to a city and a comfortable lodging, and next morning tells them that he is Saint John the Evangelist.


  81. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wondering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    agape; aghast; agog; amazed; astounded; awestruck; beguiled; bewildered; bewitched; breathless; captivated; confounded; dumbfounded; enchanted; enraptured; enthralled; entranced; fascinated; flabbergasted; gaping; hypnotized; mesmerized; overwhelmed; puzzled; speculation; spellbound; staggered; staring; stupefied; surprised; thunderstruck; wondering


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    wondering what; wondering whether