adjective
definition
Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
definition
Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
Examples of pensive in a Sentence
He was pensive for a moment.
She appeared pensive and shrugged.
We were pensive as we tried to fathom what was occurring.
Xander spent another moment in pensive silence before he rose.
With the natural capacity of an Italian for changing the expression of his face at will, he drew nearer to the portrait and assumed a look of pensive tenderness.
Taran was quiet, pensive once again.
Pensive and troubled, she dressed for a difficult day.
He looked pensive for a moment.
Seeing human-Deidre left him pensive, not entirely certain what to do about his own mate.
Wynn was silent, pensive and troubled.
He appeared pensive before speaking again.
He ran his tongue over his pointed teeth and stood in the center of her living room, pensive and hungry.
Damian appeared pensive as he responded to Darian's playful strikes.
Katie didn't answer for a moment, pensive. Gabe glanced back at her then slowed, as if sensing she was growing tired.
She was pensive for a moment.
Pensive, he swallowed hard and finally admitted that he didn't want her to be his by obligation, the way he'd been enslaved to past-Deidre.
He looked out for a long moment, pensive, before returning his attention to her.
It wasn't a pensive silence, but more of a silent struggle to determine how much they revealed.
To Dean, she seemed a tad pensive as she sat next to the window.
When the Deans tried to buy her even a minimal number of new items, she became embarrassed and pensive, no doubt a result of Janet's don't-rock-the-boat philosophy.
Pensive, she stared at the dark sky.
Gabriel frowned, appeared pensive then struck off again without another word.
As they neared the airport, she became pensive.
The attendants reply as may be imagined; and Josaphat goes home more pensive than ever, dwelling on the certainty of death and on what shall be thereafter.
The Fall 2006 line includes the Florence collection that is as polished as it is pensive in its reflection of old Italy.
His tone was pensive.
Evelyn sounded unusually pensive.
Ramballe emptied his too, again pressed Pierre's hand, and leaned his elbows on the table in a pensive attitude.
He stood over her, pensive.
The opening voice-over from an impressive Hugh Grant are distinctly Hornby, not as pensive as Rob Gordon's High Fidelity soliloquies, .. .
She leaned against the wall, pensive.
His expression was pensive.
Lydia Larkin was seated at a desk in the drab outer room, looking as pensive as Fred O'Connor back in his cell.
The teen girl was pensive for a moment.
Rainy rubbed the back of his neck, pensive.
Deidre said nothing, pensive.
They rode back to Atlanta in silence, hers distraught, his pensive.
Sasha was staring into the fire, pensive.
Doesn.t seem like it.s been that long since … She trailed off, pensive.
Frederick seemed guarded and pensive.
His voice was gentle, and yet it seemed a little pensive.
Taran leaned against the wall opposite the closed door, pensive.
Charles was quiet, pensive.
When Friday arrived, we were a pensive clutch as we clustered in the Leblanc living room after I'd played the tape of Merrill Cooms' offer.
Doesn.t seem like it.s been that long since … She trailed off, pensive.
Vincent rides cymbal crescendos and pensive pattering to equally tingling ends, his restrained electronic gurgles providing ambiguous accents.
As the poet of love he gives utterance to the pensive melancholy rather than to the pleasures associated with it.
In general, brighter and lighter colors are fit for an afternoon event, while darker more pensive tones suit evening occasions better.
From the quietly pensive to the wildly active, every kind of potential gamer can find a genre to play and enjoy.
Scorpio represents the poetic and pensive nature of water.