Sentence examples for chewing over from inspiring English sources

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"chewing over" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is an idiom that means to contemplate or ponder something carefully and thoroughly. Example: I spent the entire evening chewing over the decision I had to make.

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chewing over

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Present participle of chew over

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Is it Apple related?" What they were chewing over turns out, appropriately enough, to be gum.

It almost seemed as if Long was expressing thoughts he had been chewing over for a few days.

The writing is solitary, interior, and often dwells on a subject that Churchill has been chewing over for years.

The proposals Obama offers, and that Congress is slowly chewing over, would provide a dramatic increase in security for the average American.

Operation Anaconda, a mission that would see close to 2,000 US troops roll into Taliban territory, was readying to launch, and TAL was chewing over sweets.

After chewing over all the possible downsides to the plan, Mr. Legan said, "You still want the job done," to which Mr. Winkler responded, "Absolutely".

As the United States approaches the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan, pundits have been chewing over just what "success" in Afghanistan might mean for Washington.

says Raf, "Their thoughts slow down and things they've been chewing over or worrying about seem to resolve, or get left behind at least for a while.

Here are two examples worth chewing over.

In the meantime, he's still chewing over my earlier question.

They were getting a car loan in Butte, Mont., chewing over the rate.

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