Voorbeelden van cogitate

• 'Let me see,' said the manager cogitating after dinner. 

• Hal looked doubtful, and seemed to cogitate. 

• Here she began actively and seriously to cogitate. 

• There was no reply to the summons, and I was cogitating upon my next move when, happening to press against the door with my hand, I discovered that it was not latched. 

• While he was cogitating over this he heard a shrill whistle from below. 

• We find the same notion of a time-consuming activity also in some of the other verbs discussed above, such as cogitate and deliberate.

• Cogitate and reflect are verbs which conceptualize the process of thinking as turning or shaping something in the mind.

• Whereas cogitate refers to a revolving process, reflect means to give something a backward bend.

• Rosamond's fantasy, which is cogitated under a "perpetual silent reproach" (770), is situated immediately between two legible forms of "check," which could theoretically refine her secret strategy.

• They have been cogitating for months and now we have their recommendations.

• It has been cogitating its contents for many years.

• The committee looked at all the evidence, weighed it and cogitated about it.

• The best thing for me to do is to cogitate.

• I understand that he has been cogitating over this speech for some six years, and it is indeed a welcome speech to-day.

• For many years, learned colleagues have cogitated on it and, until now, failed to find a way through the dilemma.

• I am very happy to have further time to cogitate.

• He is sitting there cogitating, reflecting upon the situation.

• I shall cogitate a little on what she has said.

• I am advised that it will not be cogitating very much longer.

• Having myself cogitated on that phrase, it seems to me that the best way to cajole is to persuade and the best way to persuade is by full debate.