The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wonder \Won"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wondered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.]
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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
n. The mental activity by which one wonders; a query, puzzlement, etc. vb. (present participle of wonder English)
WordNet
adj. showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" [syn: inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)]
Wikipedia
"Wondering" is a popular song.
The recording by Patti Page was written by Jack Schafer and released by Mercury Records as catalog number 71101. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on June 3, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #12; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #35. The flip side was " Old Cape Cod."
Category:Patti Page songs Category:1957 songs Category:1957 singles Category:Mercury Records singles
"Wondering" is a song by the band Dirty Pretty Things. It was released as a single on 15 October 2006 and was the third to be released from the band's debut album Waterloo to Anywhere. Early versions of the song generally sported the title "If You Were Wondering", the single-word title being settled upon for the final release of Waterloo to Anywhere.
Wondering may refer to:
- "Wondering" (Dirty Pretty Things song)
- "Wondering" (Patti Page song)
- "Wondering" (Claire Sproule song)
Usage examples of "wondering".
Whilst I was wondering what exact portion of my frame was destined to become acquainted with that spear, of a sudden Simba gave it up.
She straightened up and rose to her feet, wondering how she had got there.
One with no pubic hair had quite a large male organ, he thought clinically, wondering how it would appear when erect.
Many of the women turned to look at one another, wondering who would be first to volunteer the journey.
He took the string, quite a handsome one, and dropped it into his coat pocket, wondering how she managed to retain it during her travail.
Patricia indicating that Evelyn had delivered you some records, and heard her wondering how she might replace Evelyn until you tired of her, and observed that your communicator was not to be detected, the inference was plain.
June took one last scan around the gaslit interior, some bunks dishevelled by recent packing, marvelling again that she had actually spent the last 12 of her 31 years in this one room, wondering if it could be true that she would never see it again.
He pulled heavily from the nipple, wondering briefly if it would inebriate him, remembering his headache after the wedding, but not caring.
He knelt behind her to support her back and gently removed the hair from her eyes, wondering how he might restart her breathing.
I fell asleep on the sofa, however, wondering over and over again how Lucy had made such a retrograde movement, and how she could have been drained of so much blood with no sign any where to show for it.
I laughed a little --I was too weak to laugh much--and watched him strike out for the great desert to the west, wondering if he was mad, or what he thought he was going to find there.
At the distance it looked like an ant-hill, and as I was dropping off to sleep I fell to wondering what it could be.
Then leaving these two, the proud white man of a past age, and the poor Hottentot, to keep their eternal vigil in the midst of the eternal snows, we crept out of the cave into the welcome sunshine and resumed our path, wondering in our hearts how many hours it would be before we were even as they are.
His wondering eyes showed that he knew not to what super-human beings he owed both fortune and life.
There he stood on the dark little landing, wondering what it might be that he had seen.