muse over
Example Sentences
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While each quotation provides something to muse over, the whole thing might be best summed up by a line from the comic poet Alexis: “The entire human condition’s completely insane.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
As they strolled through Tiananmen Square in Beijing last September, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to muse over the possibility that organ transplants could dramatically extend human life.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
We often muse over the fact that we were both letting go of our passionate search for love around the same time, which led us to our momentous meeting.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
They muse over certain passages and share echoes with their daily lives: the enduring memory of a late husband’s smile, or a hospital visit where madeleines were on the menu.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022
After his unsuccessful attempt to resume the sovereignty of France, he spent six days at Malmaison to muse over departed power and happiness, and then left the shores of France for ever!
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
