pensiveness
Example Sentences
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Her self-aware, pensiveness glimmers against the soft strumming of guitars and strings in "I Hate It Here."
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024
Tom Berenger, who plays Longstreet in the film, brilliantly emphasizes his character’s brooding, deep-eyed pensiveness.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2023
The big screen at Stadium Australia cut to Kerr barely a minute into the match, and went back to her several times during the game as she looked at various stages of pensiveness.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023
Hutchison’s adoption of the name is an avowal of his timidity, and an affirmation that insecurity and pensiveness don’t need to be character flaws.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2018
I have a feeling as if the Crusaders and the Elizabethan lady and gentleman on the monuments would miss us when we go away,' said Peggy, relapsing into pensiveness once more.
From A Terrible Tomboy by Brazil, Angela
