pensiveness
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Tom Berenger, who plays Longstreet in the film, brilliantly emphasizes his character’s brooding, deep-eyed pensiveness.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2023
The big screen at Stadium Australia cut to Kerr barely a minute into the match, and went back to her several times during the game as she looked at various stages of pensiveness.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023
Hutchison’s adoption of the name is an avowal of his timidity, and an affirmation that insecurity and pensiveness don’t need to be character flaws.
From The Guardian • May 11, 2018
It may be pensiveness or it may be dread or sadness from some emotional loss that can’t be helped.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2013
It is rhetoric in the leader of extempore prayer; studied inflexions in the conductor of liturgical service; animal excitement, or sentimental pensiveness, or assent which is merely vocal, among the worshippers.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.
