pensiveness
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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
That may well have affected these artists, who bring a combination of sublimity and pensiveness, wildness and spontaneity, to scores that span two decades of Beethoven’s career.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
At the end of the story, Lydia's eyes fell slowly, and the interest that had enlivened her face relaxed into pensiveness.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
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