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muse as in: her musings
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He mused aloud about the afternoon's developments.
mused = reflected (thought) deeply
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Let me muse on it on a while and I'll get back to you.muse = reflect (think) deeply
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Maybe we're all that way, the boy mused. (source)mused = thought
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"No," my father mused, "you had the right answer this afternoon, but the wrong reasons." (source)mused = reflected aloud
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“Perhaps,” Mr. Crepsley mused, tugging at his chin and stroking his scar. (source)mused = thought (reflected deeply on a subject)
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She shakes her head, musing to herself. (source)musing = thinking (reflecting deeply)
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They'll probably call it "The Musings of an Ugly Duckling." (source)Musings = thoughts
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He said musingly: "You see, I loved Leslie." (source)musingly = while reflecting (thinking deeply or remembering)
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Before Max could muse on this, the door opened and the figure slipped inside the cell. (source)muse = think (reflect) -- sometimes (and typically by this author) aloud
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Well, college is supposed to be broadening, he muses, and there's no doubt he'll get broadened this year with a roommate like Cedric. (source)muses = thinks
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But who art thou, that musest on the crag, Perchance to postpone going to the pain That is adjudged upon thine accusations?† (source)musest = reflect (think) deeplystandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-st" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou musest" in older English, later they would say "You muse."
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"Hmmm…" he mused. (source)mused = thought deeply on a subject
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musing upon the king my brother's wreck (source)Musing = reflecting (thinking)
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I scribble Nathaniel's musings in my spiral notebook, trying to keep up with a running soliloquy that is somewhat reminiscent of Joseph Mitchell's Professor Sea Gull character. (source)musings = thoughts
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muse as in: She was his muse
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She was his muse. He hasn't written anything of quality since she left.
muse = the source of an artist's inspiration
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She is my muse. She inspired all the songs on that album.
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Wouldn't you really like to be a tenth Muse, then, Maggie?† (source)
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My Muse may be excused if she is silent henceforth.† (source)
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Leslie sits like the muse of tragedy; Owen Ford jokes and laughs on the surface, and watches Leslie with the eyes of his soul.† (source)
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The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.† (source)
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Lewis Carroll's Muse Alice Liddell to marry Prince Leopold (source)Muse = source of inspiration
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I can name the nine Muses and the seven loves of Zeus. (source)Muses = mythological goddesses thought to inspire artists
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Maybe, Abdullah thought, Father had sold the Wahdatis his muse as well. (source)muse = source of inspiration
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"Looks like insurance will cover about half the cost," she muses as she navigates the website.† (source)muses = sources of artists' inspiration
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It says something about the type of writing I had been doing that my muse could flee without my noticing. (source)muse = source of inspiration
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My mom likes to work when the muses move her.† (source)muses = sources of artists' inspiration
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Instead of leaving me alone to "find my muse" (a real quote, I swear), he lands on the stool next to me and starts criticizing. (source)muse = source of inspiration
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"And I guess this way he didn't have to worry about paying you any more pennies," Harriet muses.† (source)muses = sources of artists' inspiration
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rare meaning
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Do not muse at me, my most worthy friends.
I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing
To those that know me.
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muse = be puzzled
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