Musing

Examples

• She was deep in other musing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I begin to think, said Estella, in a musing way, after another moment of calm wonder, that I almost understand how this comes about. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Susan dropped the spoon, shook her fist at the vanished figure, and then proceeded with her work in a musing, absent way. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I haven't the least idea, said Richard, musing, what I had better be. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And this, sir,' Silas would say to his patron, sadly nodding his head and musing, 'was once Our House! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Here you are again,' repeated Mr Wegg, musing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• And her face, too, is visible--her countenance careless and pensive, and musing and mirthful, and mocking and tender. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Caroline fell into a long, silent fit of musing, but still she walked on with her guide. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• When she was musing she was a kestrel, which hangs in the air by an invisible motion of its wings. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Bardell and Pickwick,' said Mr. Snodgrass, musing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Very extraordinary,' said Mr. Pickwick, going back into his room, and seating himself at the table in a musing attitude. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The words roused Selden from the musing fit into which he had fallen. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He slouched off across Broadway, and Archer stood looking after him and musing on his last words. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But I recollect being conscious of his company without having noticed his coming in--and my still sitting, musing, over the coffee-room fire. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• With these musings in his mind, and his bundle under his arm, Stephen took his attentive face along the high road. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The second time of asking this question, however, aroused him from his musings, and he answered at once. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Lonely musings, interminable wanderings, and solemn music were her only pastimes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Thus I closed my musings. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The sound of wheels roused her from these musings, and leaning behind her shutters she saw the omnibus take up its freight. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She was again roused from disagreeable musings by sudden footsteps: somebody was coming at a quick pace down the principal walk. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This Saturday afternoon, however, his woodland musings disclosed to him a new-found charm in the coming day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I should indeed like to go to school, was the audible conclusion of my musings. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I was pondering these things, when an incident, and a somewhat unexpected one, broke the thread of my musings. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Ere many days, I said, as I terminated my musings, I will know something of him whose voice seemed last night to summon me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Typist: Weldon