How to Use ruminate in a Sentence

ruminate

verb

• The question got us ruminating on the real value of wealth.
• He ruminated over the implications of their decision.
• Hers is the kind of writing that makes you rewind and slow down and ruminate.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• There’s enough to ruminate about ahead of a date, your outfit need not be one of them.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2021
• There is a whole shelf of books that ruminates on the value of being home.
  — Paul Theroux, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2020
• The room is a stand-in for Young’s sickly ruminating mind.
  — Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• This gives them sufficient time to ruminate on the ideas raised and map out their own thoughts to share.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 12 May 2021
• But taking the time to ruminate on all of that feels like a luxury.
  — New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• Nobody is moved to ruminate on the rights and wrongs of the situation.
  — The New Yorker, 6 May 2022
• Here, the man ruminates on the last 20 years of the brand by touching on its most iconic moments, plus a deep cut or two.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
• That's a tough thing to ruminate over for an entire summer and fall.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 15 May 2017
• In the end, there is no right or wrong way to spend your summer, but don’t delay or ruminate too long.
  — Brennan Barnard, Forbes, 17 June 2022
• Mike grumbles to Rafael in one of his many monologues that ruminate on his past.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2021
• That day clearly stays with Mr. Trump, who has ruminated on it over the past week.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2019
• Both team will have 10 days to ruminate on Thursday night's game.
  — Mitch Stacy, ajc, 1 Oct. 2021
• But that doesn’t stop him from ruminating from beyond the grave.
  — Whitney Friedlander, Esquire, 8 Mar. 2018
• Daniels, the one with the most unorthodox ideas, starts ruminating some more.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2017
• As the group finishes up the last of their brews and the sun starts to give way to a summer breeze, Settine pauses to ruminate on the past year.
  — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• This is the time to create, ruminate, and shine with unabashed splendor.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 July 2018
• Garrett doesn’t ruminate over how the world views him in the aftermath of the incident.
  — cleveland, 9 Sep. 2020
• O’Sullivan had to stew on the timeout call longer than usual while his players had to ruminate on what had gone wrong.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 June 2021
• But the documentary does little to ruminate on the effect the show had on its host.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2021
• On the boat ride home, wrapped in a blanket to shelter from the wind, Rubio, the ex-pastor, sat ruminating.
  — WIRED, 2 July 2023
• Being alone gives me time to ruminate and talk to myself and helps my self-awareness.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2022
• As pressured as the show sounds, Wiig says, when sketches were cut or didn’t work, there wasn’t time to ruminate.
  — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
• Well, the Trump campaign should ruminate on that question.
  — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2020
• The melancholy new song sees the Against Me! leader ruminating on relationships, age, and the places where the two meet.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023
• The theme is the one piece of the puzzle that Wegley and her team start ruminating on as early as a year in advance.
  — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 12 Oct. 2018
• The site also ruminated on the timing of the split, pointing out that many prenups bump up spouses' skin in the game at the five-year and 10-year marks in a marriage.
  — Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com, 10 Apr. 2017
• Amat learned to cook on the job at Eden Silk Road and ruminated on his family’s food.
  — Melissa Hung, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 3 May 2024