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 Miller, Elizabeth