muse over
Example Sentences
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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
As they strolled through Tiananmen Square in Beijing last September, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to muse over the possibility that organ transplants could dramatically extend human life.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
During intimate evening reveries and at occasional large-scale gatherings, they muse over the decades they’ve spent cultivating their own talents, with joy, satisfaction and maybe a twinge of regret.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023
Lying in bed that night, hating my husband for his deep sleep, I started to muse over possible dishes.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2018
After his unsuccessful attempt to resume the sovereignty of France, he spent six days at Malmaison to muse over departed power and happiness, and then left the shores of France forever!
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various
