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
He was a ruminative thinker, and often brought a book as a gift when he visited someone.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
A humane, ruminative, humorous and quietly radical figure, he was at the centre of what he hopes will become the first of many such gatherings.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
Discursive but never dull, his hair swept back and his glasses tinted orange, the 79-year-old Miller is ruminative and reflective, kind of like your favorite college professor, the one whose classes you’d never miss.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2024
For Rhiannon, fabrication is a ruminative act, whereas lying is a part of my necessary nature.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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