ruminate
Example Sentences
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It’s hard to believe Mr. Smith hasn’t ruminated more seriously on what he might have done differently, and maybe he’ll share that someday in a forum other than a House interrogation.
From this place of old age and treatable illness, Julian ruminates on the fallible nature of memory and its role in shaping our identities.
Jay Kelly is plagued with regret, but I sense that you’re not one to ruminate over the past.
From Los Angeles Times
She also ruminates on such questions as what it is to be human and what it means to die.
She was relentless with her self-criticism, always finding some minor gaffe to ruminate on.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
