ruminating

Example Sentences

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Ruminating on environmental collapse, he says, “I’m trying to sing about the biblical truth of ‘the fire next time.’

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

Ruminating on the sweetness of an unthinking nightingale’s song, he catalogued just few of the disappointments of human consciousness:

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2018

Ruminating on uncomfortable feelings offers a comforting illusion of conscientious effort.

From Time • Sep. 6, 2016

Ruminating and running, Block, 46, looked as cool as an Illinois-grown cucumber as he glided across the finish line of the 85th Boston Marathon in 3 hr.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ruminating, but the stomach with only three distinct compartments, the maniplies or third cavity of the stomach of the Pecora being rudimentary.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various