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But no one talks about their actual state of mind.—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026 The album is full of songs about Musgraves’s state of birth, which is Texas, and her state of mind, which seems to be lonely.—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 8 May 2026 The gingko tree at the picture’s center — majestic, beautiful, seen from different angles and in varying lights — becomes emblematic of our reflective state of mind.—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 May 2026 Vaden Todd Lewis is in a different state of mind now.—Tina Eves, SPIN, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for state of mind