musing

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noun

mus·ing ˈmyü-ziŋ

Synonyms of musing next

: meditation

My musing and writings on this issue do not come from the groves of academe.—

Herbert S. White

musing

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adjective

: thoughtfully abstracted : meditative

musingly

ˈmyü-ziŋ-lē

adverb

Examples of musing in a Sentence

Adjective he was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

This was a different venue, his introduction to many more casual voters who might not eat up his many musings. —

Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 19 July 2024 Altman, whose working methods were highly collaborative, also allowed Duvall to write several of Millie’s monologues: brisk lies about her social life and banal musings about her favorite recipes. —

Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 15 July 2024 The recovery is somewhat explained through the musings of Sol’s grandmother, Jung Mal-ja (Seong Byeong-sook), who is living with dementia in 2023. —

Kayti Burt, TIME, 31 May 2024 Summer League musings Summer League is abundantly about player development. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for musing

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