pensiveness
- a word derived from pensive.
Example Sentences
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Her self-aware, pensiveness glimmers against the soft strumming of guitars and strings in "I Hate It Here."
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024
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
On tracks like “I Neva Seen” and “Enterprise,” it’s clear the body is in motion, but there’s an overlay of deep soothing and pensiveness, an almost new age energy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
Vigneau took it again, and looked into it for a moment with maudlin pensiveness, as though he could scarcely realise that it was really the bottom he gazed at.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
