Related Clues:

• Read intently (with ''over'')
• Analyzed, with 'over'
• Studied (with ''over'')
• Was lost in thought
• Scrutinized, with 'over'
• Said reflectively
• Pondered, contemplated
• Cogitated
• Threw back an image
• 'Meditated, mulled (5)'
• Reflected or pondered
• Reflected deeply
• It's thought to be grand to be employed like this
• This might be thought to have given employment to a thousand
• Thought about how a thousand might be employed