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

You can stroll into the churchyard, and move about as if you were ruminating on the epitaphs.

From A Laodicean : a Story of To-day by Hardy, Thomas

And meantime, while we were ruminating over the horizon and the Cave, in the yard below, my father was just getting ready to go shooting.

From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

In an enclosure near the road, fat cows and calves were ruminating in peace and comfort; a couple of merry colts came up to the fence and looked with curiosity at the wanderer.

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich