pensiveness

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Her self-aware, pensiveness glimmers against the soft strumming of guitars and strings in "I Hate It Here."

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2024

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

The lieutenant was completely sunk in thought and longing, when suddenly he was roused from his pensiveness by the words of the song,-- "I grieve, I grieve, my heart is sore."

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk