pensive

Example Sentences

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Some were self-assured and gung-ho; some were silent and pensive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Among the U.S. servicemembers massed near the berm between Saudi Arabia and Iraq was Mark Hertling, a pensive Army major on his first combat deployment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

The assistant searched for herself in one of the pictures, then scanned the faces, pensive.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

All this leaves the prime minister and those around him humbled, bruised, reflective, pensive.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

The tension dispelled as the two couples took small, pensive bites of their different servings.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez