muse
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Sing to them, muse, of an uncomplicated man.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Hockney made “A Bigger Splash” while living with his partner and muse, the artist Peter Schlesinger, on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Olympia, his elusive love and sporadic muse, flits in and out of his life as she works her way up the tiers of the art world’s ziggurat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
While each quotation provides something to muse over, the whole thing might be best summed up by a line from the comic poet Alexis: “The entire human condition’s completely insane.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
“How like a royal court,” I muse, “where powerful lords and councillors direct the king's course.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
The president, according to the news website Semafor, external, often muses - and jokes - about becoming a target of assassination.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"You can't stop the Earth from turning or the years from passing," Lula muses in his gravelly voice in one of the social media videos he shares showcasing his workouts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
A beagle in a bandana muses, “Disappointing someone is not the same as hurting them.”
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Like many a cat lover, Baseman whips out a phone to share videos of his beloved feline muses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Sheriff Ocasek muses with a squint eye in my direction.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
But trusting political candidates, she mused, can feel like a risk for voters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“It brings back memories of hunkering down behind an old cottonwood drift log…drinking black coffee from a Stanley thermos and waiting for mallards to whistle by,” he mused on Facebook, where he does his campaigning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Vance recently mused on his religious views while responding to a question on a Christian podcast.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
He mused that he probably could have been a doctor.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Or,” he mused, “is it perhaps the other way around?”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
A woman wonders about the continuity of all things, musing “In the distance over the horizon, that freeway just keeps going and going; it’s all connected.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Jouppi is the case that asks them to stop musing.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
The repercussions of this method still reverberate through Panettiere’s life today, with the actress musing: “I’ve often wondered whether—unintentionally—I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Meaning he won’t spend the time between now and Nov. 3 at some swank beach resort, sipping one of those colorful cocktails with a little paper parasol while musing over his inaugural address.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
He strokes his short, brush mustache with his fingers, musing.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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