Explore Pensiveness through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like brooding or melancholy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pensiveness in a sentence
Pensiveness meaning
A thoughtful or reflective state, especially if sad or melancholic.
Synonyms of Pensiveness
Using Pensiveness
- The main meaning on this page is: A thoughtful or reflective state, especially if sad or melancholic.
- Useful related words include: brooding, melancholy, meditativeness, contemplativeness.
- In the example corpus, pensiveness often appears in combinations such as: the pensiveness.
Context around Pensiveness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pensiveness
- In this selection, "pensiveness" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, following and writ stand out and add context to how "pensiveness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the pensiveness following her and the pensiveness writ large. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pensiveness" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pensiveness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The pensiveness writ large across Moyes’s face suggested he was not entirely looking forward to the ensuing 90 minutes or so. (22 words)
The pensiveness following her departure was almost immediately crushed by the onset of a neon DVD logo, bouncing within the confines of the stage’s LED backdrop. (27 words)
The pensiveness following her departure was almost immediately crushed by the onset of a neon DVD logo, bouncing within the confines of the stage’s LED backdrop. (27 words)
The pensiveness writ large across Moyes’s face suggested he was not entirely looking forward to the ensuing 90 minutes or so. (22 words)
Example sentences (2)
The pensiveness following her departure was almost immediately crushed by the onset of a neon DVD logo, bouncing within the confines of the stage’s LED backdrop.
The pensiveness writ large across Moyes’s face suggested he was not entirely looking forward to the ensuing 90 minutes or so.
Common combinations with pensiveness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: