- present participle of ruminate.
ruminating
Example Sentences
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Hill had been ruminating about a tell-all book from the early stages of the trial, a clerk from a neighboring county who’d assisted her testified at an evidentiary hearing on the jury-tampering complaint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
“Musica mexicana has always been there, will always be there and we are going to keep uplifting it,” said the Chihuahua-born singer ahead of his performance, ruminating on what he brought to the genre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
That picture is complex, but ruminating on your actions can quickly become torturous.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026
Of course, some anger and frustration will come out during these talks, but long-term wallowing and ruminating on perceived unfairness can be more damaging than the layoff itself.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
Milo nodded with spurious vim to indicate he still understood and then sat silent, ruminating gravely with troubled misgiving.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
