RUMINATE in a Sentence
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16 example sentences for RUMINATE, such as:
1. While he ruminated a footstep descended the stairs.
2. She ruminated for weeks about whether to tell him or not.
3. 'Well, he is just the size I want,' said Mr. Sikes, ruminating.
4. As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life.
5. They were silent for a while and Will chewed his tobacco like a placid ruminant animal.
2. She ruminated for weeks about whether to tell him or not.
3. 'Well, he is just the size I want,' said Mr. Sikes, ruminating.
4. As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life.
5. They were silent for a while and Will chewed his tobacco like a placid ruminant animal.
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Meanings and Examples of RUMINATE
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ruminate
v. chew over and over mentally, or like cows physically; mull over; ponder
Classic Sentence:
1 When we had done, he brought me a pudding, and having set it before me, seemed to ruminate, and to become absent in his mind for some moments.
2 But, being a mother, it was inevitable that she should soon cease to ruminate upon her own condition.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
3 There's one thing you may be sure of, Pip," said Joe, after some rumination, "namely, that lies is lies.
4 Fairly launched into the ceaseless glides and whirls which their new position as top couple opened up to them, Eustacia's pulses began to move too quickly for long rumination of any kind.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
5 He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning.
6 They were silent for a while and Will chewed his tobacco like a placid ruminant animal.
7 After ruminating for some minutes with his chin sunk on his breast, he raised his head and said, with a deep sigh, that if flash Toby Crackit reported aright, he feared the game was up.
8 'Well, he is just the size I want,' said Mr. Sikes, ruminating.
9 At one end a ruminating tar was still further adorning it with his jack-knife, stooping over and diligently working away at the space between his legs.
10 Utterson ruminated a while; he was surprised at his friend's selfishness, and yet relieved by it.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
Context Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
11 While he ruminated a footstep descended the stairs.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
12 The scout ruminated, like a man digesting his newly-acquired knowledge, and once more stole a glance at the horses.
13 All that afternoon the expected arrival of the subject of Eustacia's ruminations created a bustle of preparation at Blooms-End.
Example Sentence:
1 Unable to digest quickly the baffling events of the day, Reuben had to ruminate about them till four in the morning.
2 As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life.
3 She ruminated for weeks about whether to tell him or not.