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Discover LudwigThe phrase "wondered before" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when reflecting on a past thought or consideration that someone had previously. Example: "I often wondered before if I made the right choice in my career."
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How long, I wondered, before she cracked?
(Because he'd poisoned them? we briefly wondered, before reminding ourselves — again — it was just a film).
But do you feel lovely?" Timberlake wondered, before swinging into a few bars of Bill Withers's "Lovely Day".
And part of me wonders to myself, as I have wondered before: Do I really need it?
Shouldn't the cops clamp down on robbery, rape, and murder, the critics wondered, before expending a lot of energy on panhandling, peddling, and public urination?
It has been different at regional level, one reason why some wondered before he signed his dual contract whether he would seek success at club level elsewhere.
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("Could I be a little bit gay?" she wonders, before deciding, boringly, that it's "an all-the-way type of thing" or nothing).
We were wondering before the game how many would come.
How long, they must be wondering, before the next leak?
How long, I wonder, before the first tits?
How soon, I wonder, before we see an interview between Fahmy and el-Sisi?
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