muse over

Example Sentences

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We often muse over the fact that we were both letting go of our passionate search for love around the same time, which led us to our momentous meeting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

Lying in bed that night, hating my husband for his deep sleep, I started to muse over possible dishes.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2018

While the lyrics muse over farewells and disappearances, the song is anything but shy.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2017

After a brief pause to muse over Sarah Palin, one soon moves to the late Ronald Reagan, the last entertainer who ran for the Presidency of the United States, which he won.

From The New Yorker • May 3, 2016

“The night air is chill, Mr. Upperton,” said she, and so swept swiftly away, leaving me to muse over the strange words which had fallen from her lips.

From Danger! and Other Stories by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir