How to Use muse in a Sentence

muse

1 of 2 verb

• I could sell the house, she mused, but then where would I go?
• The story prompts him to muse about Chloe and her life’s work.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2022
• Klara inspires the humans in the book to muse about whether science can transcend death.
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2021
• Some of us laughed heartily, some of us mused heavily, some of us did both.
  — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 12 Mar. 2024
• The announcement was accompanied by a voiceover video in which Drake mused on the project.
  — William Earl, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• At one point, Pidgeon’s Diana, learning of the band’s top-of-the-chart triumphs, muses about their fame.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Daniel Burrell mused about what might have been the hardest part of finding enough recruits this year.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Rock goes on to muse what Farley's career would be like now if the comedian were still around.
  — Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• While not funny at the time, Lawrence can muse now about almost doing someone in with laughter.
  — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2022
• Trump has mused about the financial wisdom of golf’s keeping its distance from him.
  — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• Another mused that Chastain should present the awards for both lead actor and lead actress.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• That New York is still full of funny and bizarre life and garbage to draw visual material to muse on, even when it all got shut down.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2021
• Some even muse that if kande pohe had not been invented, this state would have no weddings.
  — Annada Rathi, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2020
• That did not stop internet users from musing about how a fight between the two billionaires might look — and who would win.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• Schallert also mused that both Warner and Wallis knew what awards were coming in advance.
  — Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
• Once a month, vendors, DJs and patrons flock to the venue in their most expressive ’fits, lounging in the courtyard and musing through the eclectic storefronts.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• Maybe golfers want drinks, dinner and cigars after 18 holes, Sambol muses.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
• Then, Real Madrid honcho Florentino Perez mused that changes needed to be made to attract young people to the sport.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• After the first death—and then one more, which another resident found—the head farmer had mused that maybe an illness was going around.
  — Hazlitt, 14 Feb. 2024
• Prior to Beau Biden's death from cancer in 2015, the president mused about traveling to Ireland with his sons.
  — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2023
• This translated on the red carpet to a lot of Chanel, many homages to Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette, and Lagerfeld muses attending.
  — Vulture, 1 May 2023
• In fact, a handful of people even mused about pulling this prank on their significant others.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 28 July 2023
• Over his morning coffee, Ross and her father would muse plans for new businesses.
  — Robert C. Wolcott, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
• Now 19, Millie muses that she's been grateful to work on the fan-favorite project and ready to move on from the series after its fifth and final season.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 7 Mar. 2023
• As Shatner muses, Phillipe connects his thoughts to clips from seven decades of film and television roles.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
• There are rivers nearby to fish, and neighbors know neighbors, residents muse.
  — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• In between, Nemo talks to himself a little — the dialogue is sparse — at times musing on the nature and value of beauty.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
• As hairstylists and makeup artists began to work their magic, Cardi mused about the vision for her look.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 6 July 2023
• It’s become a bit of a Flashback tradition in late August to muse on fashion dictums past.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2022
• Since 1987, his team has been musing about caecilians making milk.
  — Sofia Quaglia, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024

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muse

2 of 2 noun

• And the muse for most of his songs remains the same: Chrissy Teigen, 37, his wife of nine years.
  — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
• Daisy Jones was almost neither the muse, nor the somebody.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
• Please keep reading, and if or when the muse strikes, send your submission to [e-mail].
  — Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 29 Dec. 2022
• An actor that keeps popping up, a good luck charm, a muse.
  — Scott Grimes, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2024
• Looking for a muse, the 26-year-old found one in the clangs, hisses and whistles of a train trip to Boston.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• Polly Noonan has been in about ten of my plays and is something of a muse.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2022
• Even Palmer’s mom can see that, as designer and muse, these two were meant to be.
  — Emil Wilbekin, Essence, 21 Aug. 2023
• And both are still pursuing the muse that united them as teens.
  — IndyStar, 28 Apr. 2023
• That subtle magic reminds me of all the artists who have used pears as their muse.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
• Follow the muse, your intuition and signs from the universe.
  — ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
• The grand dame was dead, and the freewheeling young woman was fashion’s new muse.
  — Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 14 Apr. 2023
• Her parents may be her muse, but praise doesn't come cheap in the Wilson household.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
• Possibly these days, the muse arrives and the concept comes to me, and from there, an album is born.
  — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2023
• And once again, her muse for most of the intimate songs has been her own life and family.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• Warwick shot to stardom in the 1960s as the muse for the superstar songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
  — Ashraf Khalil, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
• Williams is herself a muse for many in the emo generation.
  — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 28 Nov. 2022
• Here's what to know about Rory and her muse, from how Land first discovered it to the Frenchie's shrine of Cavill merch.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
• In that moment of inspiration, the artist found his muse.
  — Essence, 7 Dec. 2022
• Egidio’s sister Dina was one of the great muses that inspired Escalona for his songs.
  — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 19 Apr. 2023
• In true wife guy fashion, the band dedicated the songs to their wives, their muses.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2023
• The talent hasn’t gone anywhere, but the monoculture—his theme, his muse, and his one true medium—played a nasty trick on us all.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• In Williams she's found an ideal muse, an expressive face to put on that struggle.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 21 Apr. 2023
• Bliss is Cabrera's musical muse Music is a huge part of the couple’s lives.
  — Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• Suzanne Verdal, the infamous muse and subject of the Leonard Cohen song that bears her name, is a real person.
  — Longreads, 29 Dec. 2022
• But the fire turned her landscape from muse into miasma.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
• Since the two were young, Cecilia and Josephine have served as muses for their creative mother.
  — Vandana Pawa, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• Sydney Sweeney can now add music video muse to her resume.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
• Both muses donned classic nails; Campbell with a squared French tip, while Walker’s were adorned with white bows.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Feb. 2024
• For more than three decades, the environment has been a muse for Miami artist, Xavier Cortada.
  — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
• The multi-hyphenate became a Versace muse last year, fronting the Italian label's spring 2023 Icons campaign.
  — Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024