All 6 Uses of
muse
in
Typical American
- Too much rice wine," muses Ralph's mother.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- Still Theresa mused all night, and the next day too.
Chpt 2.11 *mused = thought (reflected deeply) on a subject
- They mused up the streets.†
Chpt 3.20
- "A Chinese woman," mused Helen.†
Chpt 3.25
- Maybe the building's not going to fall down after all," Ralph mused.†
Chpt 4.37
- "Grover," mused Ralph.†
Chpt 5.38
Definitions:
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(muse as in: her musings) reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud
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(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.