pensive
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There’s “White Hot Coal,” a pensive, acoustic folk rocker with violins as the ghost of an accordion.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
With stories focused on surviving rowdy family, moments of loneliness, struggles with faith, and navigating our deepest human relationships, Johnson’s abilities as a pensive storyteller are conducted masterfully.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
It will not be straightforward, though, and the pensive faces on the pitch and in the stands at Tynecastle on Wednesday reflected that.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Some were self-assured and gung-ho; some were silent and pensive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
There are nights when she has been woken by her husband’s muffled screams, times they have ridden the subway together and the rhythm of the wheels on the tracks makes him suddenly pensive, aloof.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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