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
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
And in Lulu’s moments of pensiveness and quiet fear, Ms. Petersen sings with a tender vulnerability that catches you off guard.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2015
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 Henryk Sienkiewicz
