All 10 Uses of
pensive
in
War and Peace
- If you were not a father there would be nothing I could reproach you with," said Anna Pavlovna, looking up pensively.†
Chpt 1
- He saw the raft, decorated with monograms, saw Napoleon pass before the French Guards on the farther bank of the river, saw the pensive face of the Emperor Alexander as he sat in silence in a tavern on the bank of the Niemen awaiting Napoleon's arrival, saw both Emperors get into boats, and saw how Napoleon—reaching the raft first—stepped quickly forward to meet Alexander and held out his hand to him, and how they both retired into the pavilion.†
Chpt 5
- "And do you remember," Natasha asked with a pensive smile, "how once, long, long ago, when we were quite little, Uncle called us into the study—that was in the old house—and it was dark—we went in and suddenly there stood…."†
Chpt 7
- While she sat in the carriage beside her father, pensively watching the lights of the street lamps flickering on the frozen window, she felt still sadder and more in love, and forgot where she was going and with whom.†
Chpt 8
- Anatole lay on the sofa in the study leaning on his elbow and smiling pensively, while his handsome lips muttered tenderly to himself.†
Chpt 8 *
- * he turned to his wife with a pensive smile and said: "Poor fellows, they don't know that I am leaving them tomorrow!"†
Chpt 9
- With the natural capacity of an Italian for changing the expression of his face at will, he drew nearer to the portrait and assumed a look of pensive tenderness.†
Chpt 10
- But Mavra Kuzminichna stood at the closed gate for some time with moist eyes, pensively swaying her head and feeling an unexpected flow of motherly tenderness and pity for the unknown young officer.†
Chpt 11
- Ramballe emptied his too, again pressed Pierre's hand, and leaned his elbows on the table in a pensive attitude.†
Chpt 11
- He puckered his face, screwed up his eyes, and pensively swayed his head.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(pensive) appearing deep in thought -- typically looking sad or serious