mused

past tense of muse

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mused
Verb
  • During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Bilson and Bethel pondered where their characters’ relationship stands today.
    Selena Schorken, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
  • Board member Michael Milani pondered failed efforts to attract corporate headquarters and office spaces to the I-80 corridor, saying the village likely needed to establish a new identity for the area amid the post-COVID-19 surge in people working from home.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • But Yi has ruminated on these interconnections for more than two decades, making visible (and, sometimes, odorous) the systems around us that are microscopic, impermanent, or technologically abstract, often questioning our discomfort with them.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
  • Shanahan ruminated on that topic in his news conference following the 49ers 48-27 win over the Indianapolis Colts Monday.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Nearly 50 years later, the IRS and courts are still wrestling with how that exception applies to modern entities, including LLCs, LLPs, and foreign partnership-like structures that were not contemplated when the rule was drafted.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Cathy, a housewife, had contemplated becoming a teacher, Griffin told me.
    Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • Women meditated on Christ’s Passion, following its stages in prayers that drew power from their own physical suffering.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • Biss, who often speaks at the Memorial Day and Veterans Day events at Fountain Square, meditated this year on loss and sacrifice.
    Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • In a recent interview with Variety, White reflected on the role and shared about his own use of social media and his desire to return to an analog lifestyle—especially for the sake of his daughters.
    Anna Zucca, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
  • That essence is slimy, stinky and unrelenting, as reflected in the mass of algae that infests the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
    Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
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“Mused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mused. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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