ruminative
Example Sentences
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The search for identity and community does give this sprawling, ruminative memoir a thematic unity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
It’s impossible to know if Smith was really this self-possessed and ruminative as a child or if nostalgia has altered her perspective.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
He was a ruminative thinker, and often brought a book as a gift when he visited someone.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
By the end of the gentle, forgiving and ruminative number, so typical of Harnick’s gentle, forgiving and ruminative art, you come willingly to the couple’s conclusion, sentimental or not:
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023
Volpe is in a ruminative mood, thinking out loud about some of the kids.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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