Can You Feel Pensive?

The definition of pensive is feeling sad while deep in thought. An example of pensive is how one feels after reading a depressing novel.

What does feeling pensive mean?

1 : musingly or dreamily thoughtful a pensive young poet. 2 : suggestive of sad thoughtfulness her face had the pensive mournfulness of a seraph in an old sad painting— Herman Wouk.

How do you use the word pensive in a sentence?

Pensive sentence example
  1. He was pensive for a moment. ...
  2. She appeared pensive and shrugged. ...
  3. We were pensive as we tried to fathom what was occurring. ...
  4. Xander spent another moment in pensive silence before he rose.
Sophia Al-Mansoor

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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