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reflect deeply on a subject
philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
I mulled over the events of the afternoon
How To Use mull over In A Sentence
- And during the two economic slumps, when salaries were cut, and I considered belt-tightening measures, I did mull over the possibility of pruning those policies, since we did not seem to need them.
- As the afternoon stretched out into evening, they would mull over words such as dragoon, cabal, strauss and enterprise. Archive 2006-10-29
- It will be a long time to mull over a defeat. Times, Sunday Times
- If he has forced ministers to mull over some harsh truths, we should forgive him the odd donnish flourish.
- He seemed to kind of mull over the question in a way that before I thought he was pretty defensive. CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2008
- They need time to quietly review, contemplate, journal, mull over, and reflect about their attitudes and actions.
- It will be a long time to mull over a defeat. Times, Sunday Times
- As Evening Press correspondents continue to mull over metric's efficiencies and deficiencies, we decided to look back at how the paper had covered the changeover from imperial in the Seventies.
- It required getting up 15 minutes earlier than normal , and anyway, I had accumulated a bookful of dreams to mull over. Americana
- These classes offer time to mull over and appreciate how many of their worries are a normal part of pregnancy.