pensively
Example Sentences
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Her “Congestion Pricing” starts pensively and austerely but layers rhythms over Mr. Hurst’s solid bass foundation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
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
She clutches a fan in her hand and gazes pensively, lost in thought, serene, yet tinged with sadness.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
“Yes, it is one of my regrets,” he told me pensively, at that Villanova dinner long ago.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
She paused pensively for a few moments, then said, softly, “It’s a bloated stomach.”
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
