ruminate
verb (used without object)
to meditate or muse; ponder.
was ruminating
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past progressiveof ruminate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I was ruminating about all of this on Saturday, as I listened to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Cutler, a 24-year-old Connecticut native who left college her junior year to pursue music full-time, was ruminating on this last week as she sat in her New York apartment.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2022
While Couples was out on his old stomping grounds, ringing up six birdies through 13 holes in the pro-am, Pavin was ruminating about his chances of finishing strong.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2011
Gatland was ruminating on Wales's defeat to South Africa last Saturday when his players turned a 16-3 lead into a 12-point deficit before rallying at the end against a team that contained only three regulars.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2010
She was ruminating on these things as she swept the stairwell — she always worked from top to bottom — when it started to rain.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
