were ruminating
- past progressive of ruminate.
Example Sentences
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During a postwork dinner after Domino folded, they were ruminating about the hole left in the shelter category by the recent loss of so many titles.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2011
A week ago, we were ruminating in this space that the Huskies needed a win to pump some life back into the season.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2010
He sat back in his chair, his hands holding the edge of the table, his chin tucked down, as if he were ruminating, narrow-eyed, upon some involved business proposition.
From Erik Dorn by Hecht, Ben
I could scarcely help fancying that the half-dozen cows standing up to their knees in a salt-water pool were ruminating sadly over their lost resort.
From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter
Some camels were ruminating in a square before heaps of cut grass.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
