philosophize

Rapid-fire pictures of advertisements cause one person to philosophize on the mysteries of life, saying “All of this will never make sense.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Beyond glib indulgences, these suggestions allow the writer to philosophize on life’s greater meanings.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022

After Hal and Josie’s meet-cute, they see sights blandly, philosophize blandly, blandly tiptoe around the notion of romance, and criticize each other — yes, blandly, but with an occasional touch of “salty” language.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

Socrates loved to stroll and philosophize, and Aristotle taught his classes while he walked up and down the walkways of the Lyceum.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2021

“Since you didn’t bring me here to philosophize, what business?”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

A character philosophizes on the dizzying pace of change in the late 19th century: “We’ve no say as to the pace of modernity’s advance. I myself am merely its vessel, a humble foot soldier …”

From Salon ● May 31, 2019

To be a good traveler, he philosophizes, one should “put yourself, as a predestinarian might say, calmly into the dice-box of small events, and be shaken out whenever circumstance may ordain.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2018

“America,” Wednesday philosophizes from the passenger seat, “is the only country in the world that wonders what it is.”

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2017

“We that are young shall never see so much,” Edgar philosophizes as the play comes to a close, its devastation complete.

From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2011

Gladly, heroically, he adventures forth, therefore, and philosophizes on the way about the light that flows from the wounds of persecution.

From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani

"To be a ketchup enthusiast and say tomatoes are trash would be like saying you like peanut butter but hate peanuts," yet another user philosophized.

From Fox News ● Mar. 21, 2022

Poland President Andrzej Duda said he was humbled by the virus and philosophized about global recovery.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2021

Internet-connected photography, he philosophized, necessitated a “a reinvention of the camera.”

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2017

As the G20 summit ended, Mr. Obama philosophized, “I think we all have to recognize these are turbulent times. A lot of countries are seeing volatile politics.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2016

Samuel may have thought and played and philosophized about death, but he did not really believe in it.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The bulk of the book, especially the passages from M’s journals, are given to dewy philosophizing on the purpose of creation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

He soon found out that there are millions of people in this country who are not impressed with his adolescent philosophizing.

From Salon ● May 21, 2025

Ultimately, though, the author torques her contrarianism past trolling, past knee-jerk philosophizing and past satire, alchemizing a critique of literary culture in all its ideological waywardness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

What stands out is his lack of philosophizing or waxing poetic.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2023

Burnet’s argument was met with widespread horror; as Herbert Croft, the bishop of Hereford, put it, ‘This way of philosophizing all from natural causes, I fear, will make the whole world turn scoffers.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton