musing

And Lucky’s monologue—veering inanely through realms including religion, academics and sports—is delivered by Mr. Thornton not, as it usually is, as a galloping pile of gabble, but with a musing seriousness.

Given that context, Hawke’s musing about one of Redford’s obituaries makes sense.

Her poems ranged from swampy oppressive memories of Florida to the nature of poetry to musings on hypocritical activists.

Her romance fizzles, but a passion is born: She’ll now explore cemeteries around the globe, musing on the tales they tell, the cultures they mirror.

Shires asks herself questions throughout “Nobody’s Girl,” often as to whether she’s doing OK and musing at one point that she may never be all right.