pensiveness
Example Sentences
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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
There is a guilelessness to Dunst, a sort of offbeat pensiveness that makes her an interesting presence, both on screen and off.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2015
It may be pensiveness or it may be dread or sadness from some emotional loss that can’t be helped.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2013
That this tendency to pensiveness left its trace on his features may be seen in most of his portraits, among others in that by Isaac Oliver, of which we give a reproduction.
From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.
