I shouldn't wonder

Examples of wondering

wondering

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

I was left wondering to whom exactly the book was aimed.
This duplication extends to tables of chemical composition, so that you end up wondering which information to believe.
An external light source illuminates their wondering faces while leaving the rest of the picture comparatively drab.
Moreover, the reader is left wondering if social criticism flowed only in one direction.
In less familiar territory, the reader is often left wondering what might happen if a passing suggestion is pursued.
Once ovarian cancer is suspected, surgery is scheduled urgently, leaving women wondering how their seemingly innocuous symptoms turned out to be cancer.
In both versions, she quotes her character wondering what a group of people were doing in a cemetery late at night.
Elsewhere, the reader is often left wondering why cases of censorship occurred in certain eras.
We were wondering, however, whether archaeological research and historical interpretation would thrive optimally with an interaction of specialisms only.
One is left wondering how relations evolved during the crucial years of cardenista experimentation.
We are left wondering why they were they never reinstated in the 1950 or 1972 reprints.
I keep singing and stepping, and smile encouragingly at them, wondering where this will lead, and what will happen next.
After the performance, curiously, some of the audience seemed embarrassed wondering who to be applauded.
Again, in case you're wondering, substitution is more likely to be permissible than subordination.
One is left at the end of the book wondering quite what is its central thrust, and to whom it is aimed.
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