MUSE in a Sentence

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96 example sentences for MUSE, such as:

1. But the histrionic muse is the darling.
2. It is useless to muse upon past errors.
3. The scout hesitated, and appeared to muse.
4. Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President.
5. His muse had deserted him, and he could no longer write.

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 Meanings and Examples of MUSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
muse
 v.  be absorbed in one's thoughts; consider or say thoughtfully
Classic Sentence: (89 in 6 pages)
1  But meanwhile she had the morning to herself, and could muse pleasantly on the disposal of its hours.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
2  Miss Bart, on her way to the station, had leisure to muse over her friend's words, and their peculiar application to herself.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 7
3  And so he had leisure to muse on all its exquisite details, as a hard worker, on a holiday morning, might lie still and watch the beam of light travel gradually across his room.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
4  Marija was one of those hungry souls who cling with desperation to the skirts of the retreating muse.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  Deeply regretting this weakness on the part of a sister muse, we shall at once retire from her sacred precincts, within the proper limits of our own humble vocation.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
6  The scout hesitated, and appeared to muse.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
7  But the histrionic muse is the darling.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX.
8  She started out of her muse, and gave a little cry of fear.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
9  The words roused Selden from the musing fit into which he had fallen.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
10  The hard, weather-beaten features of the scout began to work, and when she had ended, he dropped his chin to his hand, like a man musing profoundly on the nature of the proposal.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
11  The scout dropped one end of his rifle to the earth, and leaning his hands on the other, he stood musing in profound silence.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
12  Morning is just touching them below," said the deliberate and musing scout, "and the watchers have a mind to wake up the sleepers by the sound of cannon.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
13  Duncan had stood in a musing attitude, contemplating this scene a few minutes, when his eyes were directed to the glacis in front of the sally-port already mentioned, by the sounds of approaching footsteps.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
14  The melancholy air, the hour, together with the vast frame of the man who thus leaned, musing, against the English ramparts, left no doubt as to his person in the mind of the observant spectator.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
15  Hawkeye moved away from the lookout, and descended, musing profoundly, to the shore.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
Example Sentence:
1  It is useless to muse upon past errors.
2  His muse had deserted him, and he could no longer write.
3  I began to muse about/on the possibility of starting my own business.
4  Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President.
5  For a moment we muse about the beauty of the scene, but our thoughts soon change as we recall our own personal problems.
6  Some commentators have mused on the paradox of telling people to use cash when trying to monitor money laundering activities.
7  While he was deep in his musings, Becky woke up with a breezy little laugh--but it was stricken dead upon her lips, and a groan followed it.