pensiveness
Example Sentences
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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
Hutchison’s adoption of the name is an avowal of his timidity, and an affirmation that insecurity and pensiveness don’t need to be character flaws.
From The Guardian • May 11, 2018
To those who mistake occasional pensiveness for melancholy, it might seem strange to say that my Aunt Mary was always happy.
From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
