pensiveness
Example Sentences
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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
That may well have affected these artists, who bring a combination of sublimity and pensiveness, wildness and spontaneity, to scores that span two decades of Beethoven’s career.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
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
Violet raced about the house and the garden, teasing Dando to distraction—all her pensiveness dispelled, murmuring “Florence” at every turn.
From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard
