pensive

Example Sentences

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The director of this pensive, insightful film, Anna Sofie Hartmann, doesn’t set up scenes in a manner as pointed as these queries.

From New York Times

She added: "I think I'm bringing a lot more energy, to be honest. I think there's much less pensive moments. I think there's more energy and grit to it."

From BBC

Through every change of style, Thorn’s voice — low, smoky and pensive, rarely indulging in vibrato or ornamentation — gave the duo’s songs an emotional equipoise.

From New York Times

In the songs that the National has been releasing since its 2001 debut, they can be soothing and meditative, or they can hint at the agitation behind a pensive exterior.

From New York Times

Inside was a gray-checked suit, two hairbrushes, various paperwork and an identity photo showing his pensive face.

From Washington Post