mused
past simple and past participle ofmuse
muse
verb[I]
formaluk/mjuːz/us/mjuːz/tothinkabout somethingcarefullyand for alongtime:
Ibeganto museabout/onthepossibilityofstartingmy ownbusiness.
Synonyms
contemplate
meditate
ponderformal
reflect
ruminate
speculate
Thinking and contemplating
- a brown studyidiom
- agonize
- agonize over/aboutsomething
- beard-stroking
- bethink
- consideration
- dip
- introspect
- introspection
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's seeidiom
- rack
- scratch
- scratchyourheadidiom
- self-contemplation
- self-reflection
- soul-searching
- spare
- spring to mindidiom
Examplesofmused
mused
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Single parents with more than one child could have their benefits capped, hemused, and their rights as homeless people severely restricted.
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He will be aware that the point raised in his amendment has beenmusedupon previously.
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Hemusedon whether competition between airlines is always a good thing for all, for some, sometimes for some or for all.
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Wemusedupon the possibility that the photographs could be pasted into albums and that police officers could while away long winter nights turning the pages and admiring these mugshots.
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I have oftenmusedon such matters.
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Descartesmusedwhether his perception of a body was the result of a dream, or an illusion created by an evil demon.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Men fall in love with a womans faults rather than her qualities, hemused.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Westmusedthat when writing the song he intended some parts of the song as a double entendre.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Warnekemusedthat he would win about a half dozen games during the regular season.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Collis evenmusedhow at one point, store owners liked, and wouldn't want to take down the alien graffiti used during filming on their properties.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Antnmusedthat he may try to hold on to his podium placing to the conclusion of the race.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I wonder why that is, shemused.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Imusedfor just a second, thinkinghmmm a woman who owns a bar, drinking a beer, jumps up on the stage and sings with the band.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Riobaldo, who hasmusedon the nature of the devil intermittently since the beginning of the book, tries to make a pact with the devil.
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