All 5 Uses of
muse
in
Crime and Punishment
- He pondered and rubbed his forehead, and, strange to say, after long musing, suddenly, as if it were spontaneously and by chance, a fantastic thought came into his head.†
Chpt 1.5
- They want to decoy me there and confound me over everything," he mused, as he went out on to the stairs—"the worst of it is I'm almost light-headed….†
Chpt 2.1 *
- I haven't yet decided whether to take that money or not," he said, musing again; and, seeming to wake up with a start, he gave a brief ironical smile.†
Chpt 5.4
- Then he sank into dreary musing again.†
Chpt 6.6
- He fell to musing by what process it could come to pass, that he could be humbled before all of them, indiscriminately—humbled by conviction.†
Chpt 6.7
Definition:
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(muse as in: her musings) reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud