pensively
Example Sentences
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Pulling up his laptop, Dallas shows off the art for a single: On a majestic winding Italian road, ian perches pensively on a white moped, in an all-white yacht outfit, barefoot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
One of the animals raises her head over her enclosure and gazes pensively at me, her widely spaced eyes and odd, rectangular pupils seeking to make contact—and perhaps even connection.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023
Or a Muslim bride who gazes pensively through a saffron-colored veil during a mass wedding ceremony in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
Mostly she stares pensively into the middle distance, lost in the phantasms of memory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
“He still has a fever,” Papa said pensively, “His stomach feels hard. Maybe it’s something he ate. If he doesn’t get better soon, we’ll have to take him to the hospital.”
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
