Elysian beauty, melancholy grace, Brought from a pensive though a happy place. From LearnThat.org. [William Wordsworth (1770-1850)]
She stared out at the night, silent, her expression pensive. From Wordnik.com. [My Soul to Keep] Reference
Me nec fæmina nec puer, &c., says Horace in pensive mood. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Very pensive is the face of that bright and beauteous lady. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4 - Part VIII] Reference
His expression pensive, the dwarf studied the general's straight, well-armored back. From Wordnik.com. [Flint the King]
A few seconds went by before Rodney, his expression pensive, said, "But still ... the temptation ....". From Wordnik.com. [Wraithbait] Reference
The only occupant of this somber apartment was a young girl, seated in pensive thought beside the central table. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
She pressed her lips together, her expression turning pensive. From Wordnik.com. [Entice Me at Twilight] Reference
Shar stared out the window, her own expression pensive, her eyes full of secrets. From Wordnik.com. [The Chrome Borne]
Her head tilted to the side, expression pensive as if she were listening to a conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Savor Me Slowly] Reference
"The mood right now is kind of pensive," said L.uis L. Goldberg. From Wordnik.com. [Merger Frenzy Winds Down] Reference
So: we went for morose, and according to relisabeth, we managed "pensive". From Wordnik.com. [Subscape Annex@Bickett last night, AAR] Reference
It's directed by Alfonso Cuaron, who has a genius for creating this kind of pensive fantasy. From Wordnik.com. [Dust Forms Words 100 Must-See Movies: 81 to 90] Reference
It was the strangest feeling-a kind of pensive longing-seeing this man who was in some way her blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of Creation]
In vacant or in pensive mood. From Wordnik.com. [Charles North reads “The Daffodils” by William Wordsworth] Reference
And many a time in pensive mood. From Wordnik.com. [Poems, by Mrs. M. Robinson] Reference
It smiled out softly in pensive grace. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woman, With Other Poems] Reference
So if WL isn't about any given personality why is there a photo of a posed and "pensive". From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
The next question is, whether the word "pensive" is an appropriate epithet to the word "guards.". From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference
"I have fallen in love," said Anna-Felicitas, looking up at him with a kind of pensive radiance. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher and Columbus] Reference
"pensive" looking Julain Assange gracing the front page of the website?. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
We've seen a pensive, heartfelt Don Draper pitch before. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men Makes the All-Time Television Pantheon and Unspools Another Fine Episode] Reference
I don't think it was ever quite that pensive on his part. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Brandt: Will Brett Favre Really Retire?] Reference
There were times when he was pensive, guarded, prickly even. From Wordnik.com. [I'm no bad boy, says Manchester City's new signing Mario Balotelli] Reference
Mary is an elegant, pensive girl with a basket of spiky red flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Picture books for young children: there's a buzz about the place] Reference
He let that sit a while, then turned to me, all pensive and sincere. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Crows] Reference
I could say no more; we were both pensive, our eyes fixed on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Cohen was alternately pensive and frustrated as he fretted about Siberia. From Wordnik.com. [Snow Domes and Crystal Balls] Reference
I was left with pensive hands on the keyboard wondering what had happened. From Wordnik.com. [When ‘Goodbye’ Is A Click Away] Reference
He was singularly sad, pensive, and more inactive than usual in his habits. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I remember my father coming home after a day at the office in a pensive mood. From Wordnik.com. [Looking Into A Broken Mirror] Reference
To be in on the gag meant adopting the pensive pose of a consumer of high art. From Wordnik.com. [Jim O'Grady: Art You Can Eat -- An Edible Sculpture Contest] Reference
More often than not, they looked pensive, distracted, suspicious — even angry. From Wordnik.com. [A Terrible Beauty] Reference
She looked pensive for a moment and added that she wished the bunny would come back. From Wordnik.com. [Sara Gruen: Sara Gruen, 'Water For Elephants' Author On The Inspiration For 'Ape House'] Reference
An open window in a country house —, and you almost stepped out, pensive, to meet me. From Wordnik.com. [Chase] Reference
It has photos of a thoughtful looking Iraqi solider, pensive in the midst of destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Front Line: The Io Options] Reference
Each bottle will sport a hologram of Michael: a pensive look here, a chiseled smile there. From Wordnik.com. [Eau De Mtv] Reference
I will continue: And he saw this pensive, weeping woman pass in the distance, and he said to the. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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