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Explore Ruminative through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like brooding or broody. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Ruminative meaning

  1. Causing rumination or prone to it; thoughtful.
  2. Relating to or characteristic of ruminants; chewing the cud.

Synonyms of Ruminative

brooding broody contemplative meditative musing pensive pondering reflective thoughtful

Related words

Other words often associated with Ruminative or its synonyms:

sitter contemplation incubation somebody consideration considerate preoccupied pensiveness person reflexion reflecting bemused

Using Ruminative

  • The main meaning on this page is: Causing rumination or prone to it; thoughtful. | Relating to or characteristic of ruminants; chewing the cud.
  • Useful related words include: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative.

Context around Ruminative

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

detached 1× languid 1× quiet 1×

Often after:

likes 1× approach 1× story 1× thinking 1×

Sentence patterns with Ruminative

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a quiet ruminative story proceeding 1× and the ruminative likes of 1× cool detached ruminative with a 1× ruminative thinking exacerbates 1× s languid ruminative approach remains 1× them more ruminative as we 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

lynn s languid 1× ruminative thinking exacerbates 1× she appreciated the 1× the poems have 1×

Common sentence endings:

cat and blackpink 1× junkies margo timmins 1× same idea repeatedly 1× the dark bravado 1× through an experiment 1×

Words around Ruminative

Just before it in the word index:

ruminations 18 rumination 33 ruminating 16 ruminates 7 ruminated 8 ruminate 22

Just after it in the word index:

ruminococcus 2 rummage 41 rummaged 24 rummages 3 rummaging 41 rumman 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Ruminative

  • In this selection, "ruminative" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, detached, languid, quiet, likes, approach and story stand out and add context to how "ruminative" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a quiet ruminative story proceeding and and the ruminative likes of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ruminative" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ruminative

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But it can also make them more ruminative, as we examine the same idea repeatedly. (15 words)

Ruminative thinking exacerbates the negative effects of workplace violence Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 86(1), 67–84. (19 words)

The poems have a prose elegance; they are cool, detached, ruminative, with a kind of whistle-in-the-dark bravado. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

She appreciated the shift in mood that occurred as Swift’s set time drew closer and the ruminative likes of Lana Del Rey and Boygenius were swapped out for party-starters from Doja Cat and Blackpink. (36 words)

This is a quiet, ruminative story, proceeding through its ideas as carefully and deliberately as cautious Gifty proceeds when she makes her way through an experiment. (26 words)

Lynn’s languid, ruminative approach remains as she croons in a lovely, unhurried, sepia-toned noir style, not far removed from Cowboy Junkies’ Margo Timmins. (25 words)

Example sentences (6)

She appreciated the shift in mood that occurred as Swift’s set time drew closer and the ruminative likes of Lana Del Rey and Boygenius were swapped out for party-starters from Doja Cat and Blackpink.

The poems have a prose elegance; they are cool, detached, ruminative, with a kind of whistle-in-the-dark bravado.

But it can also make them more ruminative, as we examine the same idea repeatedly.

Lynn’s languid, ruminative approach remains as she croons in a lovely, unhurried, sepia-toned noir style, not far removed from Cowboy Junkies’ Margo Timmins.

This is a quiet, ruminative story, proceeding through its ideas as carefully and deliberately as cautious Gifty proceeds when she makes her way through an experiment.

Ruminative thinking exacerbates the negative effects of workplace violence Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 86(1), 67–84.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ruminative" in a sentence?
An example: "She appreciated the shift in mood that occurred as Swift’s set time drew closer and the ruminative likes of Lana Del Rey and Boygenius were swapped out for party-starters from Doja Cat and Blackpink." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "ruminative" from authentic English texts.
What does "ruminative" mean?
Ruminative means: Causing rumination or prone to it; thoughtful.
What are synonyms of "ruminative"?
Common synonyms of "ruminative" include: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "ruminative" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "ruminative", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.