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Meanings of
ruminative
in English
Deeply or seriously thoughtful;
brooding
pondering
reflective
musing
pensive
meditative
contemplative
broody
Related terms
thoughtful
Usage of
ruminative
in English
1
After a few
ruminative
puffs, he studies what she has given him.
2
Brett surveyed the privileged classes on the hearth-rug with a
ruminative
eye.
3
They sat and sipped their lemonades, thoughtfully inspecting their straws, dolefully
ruminative
.
4
She has a son, four daughters and a wry,
ruminative
delivery.
5
Her voice became half-absent-minded,
ruminative
,
as though she were thinking aloud.
6
Back to ART Which returns us to the
analytic
-
ruminative
model.
7
They waited expectantly while he directed a
ruminative
yawn toward the white smiling moon.
8
Lapsing into silence, his face went
ruminative
and then sad.
9
The mood shifts between the
ruminative
and the quietly joyous.
10
He had dark,
ruminative
eyes and thick curly brown hair.
11
He refilled his glass with icy water and drank it, taking
ruminative
pauses between mouthfuls.
12
The first who presents himself is the
ruminative
hermit already mentioned- aspeciesof uninspired Thoreau.
13
Gibson Jerkley, however, was himself in a
ruminative
mood.
14
Here I accosted at a venture a
ruminative
bargee.
15
Thorpe had concluded his philosophical remarks with
ruminative
slowness.
16
He looks over the double bed in
ruminative
silence.
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ruminative
Adjective
Frequent collocations
ruminative eyes
ruminative manner
ruminative mood
ruminative pause
dolefully ruminative
More collocations
Ruminative
through the time