ruminate
verb (used without object)
to meditate or muse; ponder.
are ruminating
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present progressiveof ruminate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I bet I know what you are ruminating."
From A House Party with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
Then you had better let your suppositions rest until you are ruminating by yourself.
From Professor Huskins by Lettie M. Cummings
I am particularly glad that you are ruminating on the act of fertilisation: it has long seemed to me the most wonderful and curious of physiological problems.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
