How do you use Pensive in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like brooding or wistful, plus the exact meaning.
Pensive meaning
- Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
- Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
- Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
Synonyms of Pensive
Using Pensive
- The main meaning on this page is: Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought. | Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking. | Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
- Useful related words include: brooding, wistful, thoughtful, ruminative.
- In the example corpus, pensive often appears in combinations such as: and pensive, pensive as, the pensive.
Context around Pensive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pensive
- In this selection, "pensive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, emotive, appeared, looked, closing, moody and mood stand out and add context to how "pensive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a particularly pensive moment as and and the pensive very velvets. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pensive" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pensive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His newest album, “Empty Spaces,” has been called emotive, pensive, and melancholy. (12 words)
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher looking pensive at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool. (14 words)
But then, also, there’s this really quiet, pensive side to all of us. (14 words)
I would hate to leave a story like that hanging into a very dark place, but that second to last piece does start off very thoughtful and very pensive, but then explodes into this moment of hope and a desire to make things better. (44 words)
Jensen Kirby’s submitted artwork displays a pensive self-portrait depicting him underwater in a swimming pool, and will join submissions from 29 other finalists on display at Brookfield Place’s Tower from November 2 to 27 as part of the exhibition. (42 words)
A lot of Jumes’ work integrates philosophical thinking, with her 2019 project “Self and Others” exploring the self amidst others through the use of a pensive inner dialogue and existential ideologies from Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
His newest album, “Empty Spaces,” has been called emotive, pensive, and melancholy.
Speaking to Fabulous, she says: “Despite his act of bravado there were some more telling moments and expressions from Harry, like this pensive one when he seemed to glance across at William.
The blonde business development manager appeared pensive as she lifted the skirt of her dress to prevent it from getting dirty, while also revealing a glimpse at her white heels.
The father-of-three looked pensive as he joined representatives from the Australian and forces for the poignant 5am ceremony.
The instrumental track experiments with rhythm, synth and piano, accompanied by the sounds of a saxophone, chirping birds and giggling children in its gradual descent toward a pensive closing.
Minneapolis trio Prize Horse play pensive, moody posthardcore whose burnished surfaces and carefully structured negative spaces give it remarkable depth.
A lot of anime, especially vampire stories, focus on war, death, morality, acceptance, and life, which can leave you in a pensive mood.
A lot of Jumes’ work integrates philosophical thinking, with her 2019 project “Self and Others” exploring the self amidst others through the use of a pensive inner dialogue and existential ideologies from Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing.
But when the melodies, easygoing groove and matter-of-fact vocals dovetail on the lovely, even luxuriant, “Leafy Dreams,” the poignant “Keepin’ On,” and the pensive, very Velvets “Over It” Harrison finds his sweet spot.
Helena Bonham Carter can be seen depicting Princess Margaret during a particularly pensive moment, as she adjust to life in Mustique following the end of her marriage to Anthony Armstrong-Jones.
I would hate to leave a story like that hanging into a very dark place, but that second to last piece does start off very thoughtful and very pensive, but then explodes into this moment of hope and a desire to make things better.
Jensen Kirby’s submitted artwork displays a pensive self-portrait depicting him underwater in a swimming pool, and will join submissions from 29 other finalists on display at Brookfield Place’s Tower from November 2 to 27 as part of the exhibition.
Our attention is directed to the pensive eyes and melancholy face of Balthasar in Gossaert’s scene, painted at the start of the 16th century.
Thomas and Zoe then left for their evening together, while Thomas looked back at an uncomfortable and pensive Hope.
Almost every post has aforementioned ‘influencer’ in the picture pulling some pensive pose like they have just discovered an entirely new destination— whilst likely promoting a clothing line at the same time.
As the text shifts perspectives, and the boy seems to become an adult observing the scene, Ms. O’Hara conveyed the pensive, mysterious elements in the philosophical words and quizzical music.
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher looking pensive at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool.
But then, also, there’s this really quiet, pensive side to all of us.
Maybe just isn’t sending the right signals, but The New Pornographers will have to offer more than a vision if it wants to double dip into hooky pop and pensive rock.
The film’s ending arrives with a punch, and audiences snap out their pensive nostalgia to reflect on Hollywood ambition and misguided violence.
Common combinations with pensive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and pensive 4×
- pensive as 3×
- the pensive 3×