All 8 Uses of
muse
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- "He's had more than his share of trouble," mused Johnny.†
Chpt 24mused = thought -- possibly aloud
- She mused a while.†
Chpt 30
- "One jerk of a finger and a man is dead," mused Johnny.†
Chpt 33
- "You know," mused Neeley, "Mama found that blouse and sewed a patch over the hole and she never asked me about it."†
Chpt 35
- Everyone has a secret life, she mused.
Chpt 36 *mused = thought
- I sure liked to hear him talk about those far-off places," he mused.†
Chpt 38mused = thought -- possibly aloud
- As they turned a corner, Francie mused, " 'And the tears stood in her eyes.†
Chpt 43
- "It's a beautiful religion," she mused, "and I wish I understood it more.†
Chpt 45
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) 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.