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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : myoo-zing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmyu zɪŋ

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Définition of musing

Origin :
  • late 14c., "complaint," verbal noun from muse (v.). Meaning "pondering" is from mid-15c. Related: Musingly; musings.
  • adj pensive
  • noun absorption
  • noun daydreaming
Example sentences :
  • "I don't see why Robert hasn't been and let me know of this," said Mr. Paine, musing.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Such, in truth, was too often the habit of the shy and musing girl.
  • Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He drove gloomily away, and Lucy Ann stepped into the store, musing.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • But he only moved back a little, and went on fitting and musing.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • "Yes, it's a good place for you to be in—I'm sure of that," said the other, musing again.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • "I heard someone say that in a play once," said Betty musing.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • He sat in his studio, musing till it was too late to go out to dine.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • However, every ten minutes, she fell to musing and became absent-minded.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • She passed days without weariness, gazing before her, and musing on the past.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • So musing, he lit his pipe and examined the recesses beneath the driver's seat.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy

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