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
There is a guilelessness to Dunst, a sort of offbeat pensiveness that makes her an interesting presence, both on screen and off.
From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2015
It may be pensiveness or it may be dread or sadness from some emotional loss that can’t be helped.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2013
Some hazy fairy swam above him in the heavenly ether, and showered down upon him the sweetest pearls of pensiveness.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
