pensiveness
- a word derived from pensive.
Example Sentences
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Tom Berenger, who plays Longstreet in the film, brilliantly emphasizes his character’s brooding, deep-eyed pensiveness.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2023
The big screen at Stadium Australia cut to Kerr barely a minute into the match, and went back to her several times during the game as she looked at various stages of pensiveness.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023
And in Lulu’s moments of pensiveness and quiet fear, Ms. Petersen sings with a tender vulnerability that catches you off guard.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2015
There is a guilelessness to Dunst, a sort of offbeat pensiveness that makes her an interesting presence, both on screen and off.
From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2015
The habitual expression of her face was a sweet pensiveness; but sometimes she was irritable and a little petulant.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
