pensive
Example Sentences
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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
Or it could simply indicate that collectors feel safer splurging on a household-name artist like Rembrandt, a Renaissance man famed for his pensive, realistic self-portraits in earthen hues.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
On Thorns, the pensive opening song of The Clearing, she even berates herself for "making a song and dance" about the break-up that inspired Wolf Alice's previous album, Blue Weekend.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025
So pensive and self-absorbed was Mr. Shakespeare that he walked by without even noting our presence.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Vocabulary lists containing pensive
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ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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