All 10 Uses

muse
in
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
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"Hmmm…" he mused.
Chpt 17 *

mused = thought deeply on a subject
"Forks must be a difficult place for you to live," he mused.†
Chpt 2
"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

Definitions:

(1) (muse as in: her musings)
reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud
(2) (muse as in: She was his muse)
the source of an artist's inspiration - especially a person or mythological goddess

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.
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely, muse is used as a synonym for "poet". In Shakespeare's time, muse could be used in the sense of being astonished or puzzled by something strange or unexpected.