After much cogitation he rejected the offer. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The result of his cogitation was rapid and conclusive. From Wordnik.com. [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference
She therefore broke off, and left him to his cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia] Reference
The subject that, after much cogitation, Balzac chose for. From Wordnik.com. [Balzac] Reference
After deep cogitation, and sundry hints, he discovered that. From Wordnik.com. [Louis' School Days A Story for Boys] Reference
Her mother rocked herself again for an interval of cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [Different Girls] Reference
"Underzdand," he repeated after a suitable pause for cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [Zombie Lover]
That leads me to a long cogitation on what has happened to McLame. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Says No To Baghdad Stroll With McCain] Reference
The result of all his cogitation and contrivances was one great plan. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference
Motives for Conrad, Roderick and van Huren took even less cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
After deep and lengthy cogitation, she had absolved him of all blame. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Expectations]
This then was the result of his cogitation -- of Anielka's Hymn to the. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 6, August 5, 1850] Reference
After some cogitation, Pao-yü stretched out his hand and, laying hold of. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
This is the result of the Lepar's misguided cogitation, he reminded himself. From Wordnik.com. [The False Mirror]
He sniffed deeply, and smelled the coalface smell of his father's cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
"After much cogitation, Mr. Hasselrich, I have decided to go away for the summer.". From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Moved A Mountain]
But the mind hath appropriated to itself this word (cogitation), so that, not what is. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions] Reference
"You won't give up your music, Hadria," Valeria said, at the end of a long cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
Proteins are the microscopic workhorses behind everything from respiration to cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE] Reference
After much cogitation I complied with the wishes of my family, and selected a profession. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858] Reference
If you haven't read Dave's post from Sept. 28, it is well worth a read and some cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [Former Bush Aide: I Fear Obama More Than Hillary] Reference
As I was on guard that night I had ample time, while pacing the breastworks, for cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
The turn he had given to Severn's message had been the fruit of much mischievous cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867] Reference
As he fell into this dim cogitation with himself, the student took it up, and held it out to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain] Reference
After much thought and cogitation, the incidents of the morning flashed unawares through her memory. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Lister calls the difference between Vidocq and Locard the difference between cogitation and investigation. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Case]
These letters were the result of his recent cogitation; and both concerned the affair of the previous night. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
"I remember something about getting a dip on the head," Bert said in a moment, evidently after long cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
The clear tinkling of a bell broke in upon his cogitation; a faint, musical sound that seemed at his very elbow. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
The man who knows them does so without any cogitation of physical objects whatever, but intuits them within himself. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler] Reference
She saved him the trouble of long cogitation, -- an exercise of intellect to which he was never too ardently inclined. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829] Reference
And he walked away up the dark avenue towards the house, his hands clasped behind him and his big head bent in cogitation. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Father Brown] Reference
Then it was (I think) that some of the sobriety of life first came to me, a more often cogitation and balancing of affairs. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
Philosophy cannot, for example, afford to hide away in armchair cogitation and ignore the best results of the natural sciences. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Morris: The End of Philosophy?] Reference
I left my home without any particular thought of the future, or any serious cogitation as to what would be the result of my act. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
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