RUMINATE in a Sentence

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All that afternoon the expected arrival of the subject of Eustacia's ruminations created a bustle of preparation at Blooms-End.

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 Meanings and Examples of RUMINATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ruminate
 v.  chew over and over mentally, or like cows physically; mull over; ponder
Classic Sentence:
1  When we had done, he brought me a pudding, and having set it before me, seemed to ruminate, and to become absent in his mind for some moments.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
2  But, being a mother, it was inevitable that she should soon cease to ruminate upon her own condition.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
3  There's one thing you may be sure of, Pip," said Joe, after some rumination, "namely, that lies is lies.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
4  Fairly launched into the ceaseless glides and whirls which their new position as top couple opened up to them, Eustacia's pulses began to move too quickly for long rumination of any kind.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
5  He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning.
Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In III
6  They were silent for a while and Will chewed his tobacco like a placid ruminant animal.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
7  After ruminating for some minutes with his chin sunk on his breast, he raised his head and said, with a deep sigh, that if flash Toby Crackit reported aright, he feared the game was up.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  'Well, he is just the size I want,' said Mr. Sikes, ruminating.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  At one end a ruminating tar was still further adorning it with his jack-knife, stooping over and diligently working away at the space between his legs.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
10  Utterson ruminated a while; he was surprised at his friend's selfishness, and yet relieved by it.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
11  While he ruminated a footstep descended the stairs.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
12  The scout ruminated, like a man digesting his newly-acquired knowledge, and once more stole a glance at the horses.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
13  All that afternoon the expected arrival of the subject of Eustacia's ruminations created a bustle of preparation at Blooms-End.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 2 The People at Blooms-End Make Ready
Example Sentence:
1  Unable to digest quickly the baffling events of the day, Reuben had to ruminate about them till four in the morning.
2  As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life.
3  She ruminated for weeks about whether to tell him or not.