1.   Both are pondering the meaning of life and where its winding road will take them.

2.   He constantly ponders the meaning of what he sees, striving to refine his presentation of fly to fish.

3.   Often, as I lie awake trying to locate the Big Dipper through my bedroom windows, I ponder the meaning of time.

4.   The risks are small, he concluded, even as he took the latest FBI warning in hand and pondered its meaning for Lima.

5.   These major debuts in major companies performing the same night at Lincoln Center could well lead one to ponder the meaning of a word like Americana.

6.   They do not ponder the meaning of life, or a future with careers and families.

7.   This is a good day for sitting quietly by yourself and pondering the meaning of your existence.

8.   Trend-watchers can ponder the meaning of other changes.

9.   When Al Gore was a senator, he used to give metaphor dinners, at which participants would ponder the meaning of the metaphor.

10.   Yet he reads metaphysics, ponders the meaning of life at monasteries, and travels in New Age social circles with his Greek-born wife, Arianna.