rumination
Example Sentences
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Perhaps more consequential are the ruminations on fate, justice and politics.
From BBC
Soon, though, the wisecrack gives way to more sober ruminations.
From Los Angeles Times
This task finally tore Penelope’s mind away from her ruminations about how many degrees of dead there might be, and back to the bright, cozy nursery and the extremely lively children who lived there.
From Literature
It was only when her sister heard it and commented on the lyrics that she realised it was really a rumination on death.
From BBC
True, the major soliloquies are not the tortured revelations of a soul in anguish but merely philosophical ruminations; it seems unlikely that this spirited man would opt for self-slaughter.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
