mull over
Example Sentences
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Once again, the faithfuls were left to mull over another failure.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
The unmade Quincy album made me wonder if writing this book made you mull over other missed opportunities.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024
We should mull over the reasons for his success, which might begin with the fundamental question: Is it a requirement of the genre that a punk must be angry?
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024
We mull over alternative routes to avoid traffic, cook up last-minute dinner plans and mentally prepare for tomorrow’s meeting.
From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2023
‘You’ve got a lifetime to mull over the Buddhist understanding of interconnectedness.”
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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