It was very striking; and it was getting so dark that I thought of Nurreddin Bey, and wondered if a Jinn would take me anywhere if I took up my night's lodging in one of the comfortable little cupola-covered buildings.
The lady wondered how the women here could wear clothes 'so different from English females--poor things!
I have often wondered why it is that the novels and romances always make the step-mother turn out so very badly.
I wondered if he was ready, and if the God whom he had often met amid the moss on the sea-cliffs and in the offing was the God who pardoned sin and by His grace saves painter and boor.
And what is more to be wondered at is, that love which is faithful and true, and sweeter than any other love, doth not overmaster us as doth sinful love!
Hence home, and being near home we missed our maid, and were at a great loss and went back a great way to find her, but when we could not see her we went homewards and found her there, got before us which we wondered at greatly.
Last night here in Philadelphia (my first night), a very impressible and responsive audience were so astounded by my simply walking in and opening my book that I wondered what was the matter.
So I heard mentioned, and I wondered what song, and thought what a dismal song it must have been to sing!
Ann Veronica wondered what her father would do if she were to tell him the full story of her relations with Ramage.
She wondered occasionally why his mind needed so much distraction.
She wondered why he was so distinctive, so unlike other men, and it never occurred to her for some time that this might be because she was falling in love with him.
He wondered why she thought love made people happy, and began to talk of the smilax and pinks that adorned the table.
In the meanwhile, as he talked, he scrutinized her face, ran his eyes over her careless, gracious poise, wondered hard about her.
In the forty-eight or more hours that passed before Christmas morning came, Mollie often wondered at the business venture of the Unwiseman.
Now and then a rough-looking man wandered in in his dirty shirtsleeves, and one wondered how he had become possessed of the big pile of dollars which he placed in front of him and doubled or lost with equal good temper and nonchalance.
The men look rather more tidy than the women, which is not to be wondered at, as they seem to spend most of the day lounging in hammocks, whilst the women do all the work of the village, fetch the water, and wash the clothes.
He wondered at their wonders, he admired their miracles, he had little faith to spare for other marvels; in fact he did not believe the Slave of Orion.
For a while they wondered at that strange gate that stood there dividing the wilderness; and then sleep came.
The farmer and his wife wondered awhile and then slept; Morano slept with all his wonted lethargy; but Rodriguez with his long quest now on the eve of fulfilment slept a tumultuous sleep.
And Morano rejoined them from his merciful mission and stood and wondered at the cutting.
The road dwindled till it was no better than a track, the earth beside it was wild and rocky; Rodriguez wondered to what manner of land he was coming.
In spite of himself he looked about in hope of meeting Miss Callender in the street, and all the way across the avenues he wondered whether he should encounter her at his aunt's.
She said last Sunday that she wondered if Christ did not shrink from the talk of the crowds that followed him more than he did from crucifixion itself.
The senior New York poet wandered in his childlike way among the guests, making gentle and affectionate speeches to friends, who wondered at the widely contrary moods to which his susceptible nature is subject.
Millard wondered at the display of trinkets and confectionery in the shop-windows, not knowing that those whose backs are cheaply clad crave ornaments, and those whose bellies lack bread are ravenous for luxuries.
I wondered if, when he was through with the cigarette, he would keep the butt as a souvenir.
I wondered who Huey would turn out to be, but it didn't seem like the time to ask.
I went flat and so did the others; I wondered about solid shells exploding and going wild, but there weren't any.
I wonderedwhat he thought I'd do if I caught him in a mistake.
Francisco wondered at this, and when the child passed on he stood still thinking a long time; it seemed so strange to hear that there were other places and countries besides this quiet little valley where he had always lived.
At that time France was very desirous of discovering a passage from the St. Lawrence to the Pacific Ocean, and when this new river began to be so much talked about, it was wondered whether it might not flow into the Pacific.
And then he sometimes looked southward, too, and wonderedwhat lay there beyond the blue, misty horizon.
As she went to the window and watched the tall, strong figure swing down the street, she almost felt a girl again, and wondered if he would turn around and see her there and toss his hat to her as in the old days.
He wondered how he had ever dared sit and criticise Mr. Jones' preaching and his reading of the hymns.
If she had happened to sit on the same side of the building where he sat, he would probably have wondered who that plain-looking person was, dressed so poorly.
He wondered at Mr. Jones for writing such a letter, and almost felt as though he had been impertinent.
Mr. Hardy went upstairs and consulted with the doctor, who wondered at his protracted absence.
She was little more than a shade to Vittoria, who wondered what she had to live for.
All wondered at the briefness of a scene that had unexpectedly brought the crisis to many emotions and passions, as the broken waters of the sea beat together and make here or there the wave which is topmost.
Certain of his love, she wondered painfully that it should continue so barren of music.
That is not to be wondered at, either, for we have done all we can to implant it there.
Nor is this class- feeling greatly to be wondered at.
Considering this, and that nine people out of ten talk quite oblivious of their servants' presence, it is to be wonderedat that so little (and not that so much) trouble is made.
This prejudice against us abroad is hardly to bewondered at on reflecting what we have done to acquire it.
All this is not to be wondered at considering the amount of their general education and reading.
This ultra-exclusiveness is not to be wondered at.
I have often wondered why one sees so few women one knows at our picture exhibitions or flower shows.
Ellen, as well as Jean, wondered at the presence in Katleean of such a man as Harlan, and the reason for his connection with the dead Naleenah.
Sometimes when he looked at Silvertip, lolling brutish and drunken on the blankets of his bunk, Harlan had wondered what alcohol did for the squaw-man.
Even as she wondered it rose into the air and began to advance swiftly toward her, .
I wondered if you would say good-bye to me without the presence of your whole family," he said softly, bending his head.
Jean wondered dully how they were now to tell the time.
She wondered if he, like herself, suspected that the dish contained over half Ellen's portion for that day.
Jean wondered how she had for one instant attributed his Indian cry to supernatural powers--she who had often heard him calling to members of his tribe along the shores of Katleean.
Ellen wondered if she were thinking of young Harlan.
And we yearned and wished and wondered At the secrets there untold, As the glaciers growled and thundered, Came the whisper: 'Red, raw gold!
She wondered if the young man sitting so close to her were ever stirred by such rapturous, intangible thoughts.
Sometimes, in a kind of fury, Ellen wonderedif the pigeon bore a charmed life--if it could not die!
On the morning of that happy day, I wondered what name would be given to me later on.
I did not shed a tear, but as I led the way to the cloister door my heart beat so violently that I wondered if I were going to die.
We were led through large reception-rooms which made me feel how small I was, and I wondered what I should dare say.
And all supper-time she sat and looked at him and wondered what he would do when she was gone, and what he would think of her.
Then hewondered if things would have been different had she lived.
At first the ladies and gentlemen wondered what such a huge, powerful fellow could possibly want with a doctor.
Over and over again he thought the situation out to himself, and wondered whether it would not be better to make a clean breast of it to justice, say who he was, prove his innocence, and so know the worst.
Bess wondered why such a discovery, which, after all, was nothing very terrible, should make her husband so white and ill and nervous; but she did not question him.
Old gentlemen and young gentlemen crowded round and loosened Liz's bonnet-strings, patted her hands, and wondered what they ought to do.
The nobility of the old man's character was brought iuto full relief by the blow which had fallen on him so unexpectedly; and often Marston would watch him as he sat with Ruth's hind in his, and wondered what his own old age would be like.
Mrs. Turvey said 'Thank you,' and dropped a curtsey, and wondered whether she ought to shake hands with Grigg and Limpet or not.
Mr. Seth Preene, the possessor of the hook nose, knew that Well enough, but he wished to let the policeman know that he was waiting for an omnibus, otherwise the policeman might have wondered at his loitering so long.
There was a sound of hurried movements in the room above, and Mrs. Jarvis wondered what her husband was doing.
Gertie said nothing, only in her heart she wondered if her grandfather was fit to die.
But while he opened his case for some instrument of exploration, Hoshiko fled--so quietly and swiftly that when he turned he wondered if she had ever been there.
It was inhabited only by a few fishermen; and Francis wondered that a man, evidently by his voice and manner of address belonging to the upper class, should want to go to such a place as this at this hour of the night.
A dozen yards from the end of the pier lay a passage-boat, with a light on its mast and a soft glow in its curtained cabin, Marsyas wondered if Tiberius meant to accompany his guest to Misenum.
She wondered if Classicus realized how thoroughly she understood him.
He did not know that his face had become beautiful, or that Joel looked askance at him or that the other Levites wondered if he had come to them in the great light.
And on the summit of the Gate of the Necropolis, a painted beauty sat in jewels and flowers and little raiment, and wondered why she was not sought and found and why her followers stayed and roared before the Temple of Rannu.
They looked at the rabbi's garments, clothing a huge frame, the strength of the Law typified, and wondered at his words.
Shocked and astonished, Marsyas turned his back and wondered how he had crossed the creature.
She knew at a glance that he had learned from some source of Agrippa's misfortune, and wondered for a moment if her father had forgotten Marsyas' charge.
One or two of her fellow voyagers wondered at the deep flush on her face, but forgot it the next moment.
I wondered at the young rascal's being dressed so far ahead of time.
She had no key for these words, could not imagine a meaning for them, and, chilled and repelled, wondered if she had heard him rightly.
Indeed, I've often wondered if the redoubtable Ephraim Smith himself, for all that he succeeded in marrying her, fared any better than the rest of us.
She wonderedwhat Arnold meant by saying he was a gay old bird.
She trod and snatched and stamped and screamed, and wondered if she were indeed awake.
She wondered if such moments ever came to the two quiet, self-controlled men who came and went, with cordial, easy friendliness, in and out of the appartement on the Rue de Presbourg.
Sylvia now, ten years later, wondered why her father had evaded.
Sylvia often wondered in those days if there ever had been a situation so precariously balanced which continued to hang poised and stable, minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day.
She wondered again at Judith's invincible force of will.
She wonderedif he had seen its significance, had seen through her.
She wondered again if he would find it in his heart to speak to her of Judith.
Fully assenting, Louis wondered whether Marksedge would serve no purpose save the elucidation of this truism, and presently another ensued.
People looked out to see the defender of the British name; and Charlotte Arnold mended stockings, and wondered whether her cruelty had made him so desperately courageous.
I wondered you had sent the old walnut press into that lumber-room.
Nor was this to be wondered at, for I doubt whether the world can show such another.
It is a commonplace to speak of the music of hounds at chase, but often I have wonderedhow that music sounds in the ears of the deer or the fox fleeing for its life.
Whilst I wondered what this signal of hers might mean, from the shadows about us came a strange, rustling sound.
We wondered whether the man from beyond the mountains was as good as his word and had brought down the vengeance of that priestess called the Hesea upon the community which sheltered him.
Who and what was this Khania, I wondered again, and--this was more to the point, who and what would Leo believe her to be?
Also I wondered in what way she had fallen foul of the critics of Alexandria.
Now I wondered how we should pass the gate, for there a guard was stationed, which had of late been doubled by order of the Khania.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wondered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
