All 5 Uses of
muse
in
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- Her enthusiasm had become watery even before thirteen women resolutely removed their overshoes, sat down meatily, ate peppermints, dusted their fingers, folded their hands, composed their lower thoughts, and invited the naked muse of poetry to deliver her most improving message.†
Chpt 11 (definition 1) *
- She mused: "I think perhaps it's my childhood."†
Chpt 14 (definition 2) *
- "So kindly," Carol mused, "so well meant, so neighborly—and so confoundedly untrue.†
Chpt 18 (definition 2)
- He mused, "You're younger than I am.†
Chpt 29 (definition 2)
- "What ought I to do?" she mused.†
Chpt 33 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (muse as in: She was his muse) the source of an artist's inspiration - especially a person or mythological goddesseditor's notes: The 9 muses were the daughters of the Greek gods Zeus & Mnemosyne. Each of the muses was thought to inspire and preside over one of the arts.
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(2) (muse as in: her musings) reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud