rumination
Example Sentences
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The mind can become trapped in narrow loops of worry and rumination, or it can move outward, forming new associations and imagining multiple future possibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Yet the theme of human sacrifice persisted as a subject for deep rumination even after advances in science, industry and wealth insulated the West’s creative classes from ancient and medieval rites.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
Out of that rumination came the idea to start a magazine about gourmet bathing, which I called Wet!
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025
But Perkins hops so quickly from one outrageous death to another that his screenplay leaves little room for rumination amid his constant fatalist sermonizing.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025
“Has there been an uptick in your rumination or intrusive thoughts?”
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing rumination
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