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
Lying in bed that night, hating my husband for his deep sleep, I started to muse over possible dishes.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2018
With a sigh he returned to his seat to muse over the events of the week which had passed so sweetly yet so very swiftly for him.
From Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century by Edson, Milan C.
