ruminating

Example Sentences

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Ruminating on environmental collapse, he says, “I’m trying to sing about the biblical truth of ‘the fire next time.’

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

Ruminating on the sweetness of an unthinking nightingale’s song, he catalogued just few of the disappointments of human consciousness:

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2018

Ruminating on uncomfortable feelings offers a comforting illusion of conscientious effort.

From Time • Sep. 6, 2016

Ruminating over his life and career several years ago, long before he had AIDS, Hudson sounded a little world weary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ruminating thus, he essayed another door, which admitted him to a bedroom, where lay another harmonious slumberer.

From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir