pensively

Example Sentences

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Pulling up his laptop, Dallas shows off the art for a single: On a majestic winding Italian road, ian perches pensively on a white moped, in an all-white yacht outfit, barefoot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

One of the animals raises her head over her enclosure and gazes pensively at me, her widely spaced eyes and odd, rectangular pupils seeking to make contact—and perhaps even connection.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

She clutches a fan in her hand and gazes pensively, lost in thought, serene, yet tinged with sadness.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2023

The intense and emotional finale ends with a newly sober Rue walking pensively out of the school auditorium, seemingly leaving the play and all the drama that preceded it behind her.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

She thought pensively for a moment or two, then said, “Equal rights are laws which give black people the same opportunities as white people.”

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane