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Be pensive
adjective
Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
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"Illuminations," which showcases Mr. Groban's songwriting, reflects the conviction that gallantry can also be pensive and uncertain.
That's if intrigue can be pensive, of course.
Most of the subjects in the painting appear to be pensive, caught in-between.
Searching her brain for the proper words to express her feelings, she will be pensive for a while as in meditation.
Gil Kaufman from MTV News found the performance to be pensive, saying that "leave it to Lady Gaga to go completely the other direction [than the tone of the show]".
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Bechdel was pensive.
He was pensive but not worried.
He said he was pensive, not angry.
In private, however, he's pensive.
Mohan was pensive about his future.
The late arrivals were pensive at the evening's end.
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