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Wondered

Wonder \Won"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wondered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.]

  1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.

    I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals.
    --Swift.

    We cease to wonder at what we understand.
    --Johnson.

  2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came.

    I wonder, in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny.
    --Shak.

Wondered

Wondered \Won"dered\, a. Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things. [Obs.]
--Shak.

Wiktionary
wondered
  1. (context obsolete English) wonderful, extraordinary. v

  2. (en-past of: wonder)

Usage examples of "wondered".

I wondered how that would be, but she has heard so much about them that she was pathetically eager.

It probably took me a full five minutes just to get them up in my arms -- how will I ever drag them to the pink, I wondered -- but I finally stood before the gate, holding both women up under their bubbies.

Could it be, I wondered, that only Xaefyer had the imagination to be troubled by the strange open spaces?

He wondered, as sleep overcame him despite her ministrations, which of those times was more responsible for the nature of this woman.

Remembering her previous flamboyance, he wondered if the difference was in her or himself.

He wondered if the hot-blooded Nellie would seduce another brother likewise to sleep but decided in the negative if Peg were truly present.

He wondered briefly if this spectacle offered the opportunity to ingratiate himself by succouring them.

Once he felt a tickle in his throat and he wondered what she was tasting.

He wondered how such small effort could produce the strong vibration that he soon came to feel.

He wondered that the pink had not restored Jane her toe, then was faintly surprised at his indifference.

He wondered if her success was due entirely to the alterations Joy Hall was noted for inducing in women.

Afterwards he wondered if the true purpose of her surprising loquacity had been to distract him from the lonely figure sitting above the strand.

The view of her was so clear that he wondered, not for the first time, if the Errin had also improved his night vision.

Donaldson wondered why she had screamed so and received a jocular response from Milton that the women had not much enjoyed what happened to them during the long ride across north London.

He wondered suddenly to his surprise if the same drugs worked upon her.