All 10 Uses of
muse
in
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
- "Forks must be a difficult place for you to live," he mused.†
Chpt 2mused = thought -- possibly aloud
- "Friends..." he mused, dubious.†
Chpt 5
- That's very generous...I wonder," he mused.†
Chpt 5
- "I think I'll get them — though they'll never match anything but the one dress," she mused.†
Chpt 8
- He mused for a minute.†
Chpt 12
- It seems like a long time to you, doesn't it?" he mused.†
Chpt 12
- "How do I explain?" he mused.†
Chpt 13
- I guess that wasn't the best idea," he mused.†
Chpt 13
- It's Saturday," he mused.†
Chpt 14
- "Hmmm…" he mused.
Chpt 17 *mused = thought deeply on a subject
Definitions:
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(1)
(muse as in: her musings) reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud
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(2)
(muse as in: She was his muse) the source of an artist's inspiration - especially a person or mythological goddessThe 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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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, muse is used as a synonym for "poet".