How to Use ruminate in a Sentence

ruminate

verb

• The question got us ruminating on the real value of wealth.
• He ruminated over the implications of their decision.
• Hers is the kind of writing that makes you rewind and slow down and ruminate.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• There’s enough to ruminate about ahead of a date, your outfit need not be one of them.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2021
• There is a whole shelf of books that ruminates on the value of being home.
  — Paul Theroux, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2020
• The chairman says these drives give him time to ruminate.
  — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
• The room is a stand-in for Young’s sickly ruminating mind.
  — Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• This gives them sufficient time to ruminate on the ideas raised and map out their own thoughts to share.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 12 May 2021
• But taking the time to ruminate on all of that feels like a luxury.
  — New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• Nobody is moved to ruminate on the rights and wrongs of the situation.
  — The New Yorker, 6 May 2022
• Here, the man ruminates on the last 20 years of the brand by touching on its most iconic moments, plus a deep cut or two.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
• That's a tough thing to ruminate over for an entire summer and fall.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 15 May 2017
• In the end, there is no right or wrong way to spend your summer, but don’t delay or ruminate too long.
  — Brennan Barnard, Forbes, 17 June 2022
• Mike grumbles to Rafael in one of his many monologues that ruminate on his past.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2021
• That day clearly stays with Mr. Trump, who has ruminated on it over the past week.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2019
• Both team will have 10 days to ruminate on Thursday night's game.
  — Mitch Stacy, ajc, 1 Oct. 2021
• But that doesn’t stop him from ruminating from beyond the grave.
  — Whitney Friedlander, Esquire, 8 Mar. 2018
• Penn State won in overtime, leaving the Trojans to ruminate on a third loss in four weeks.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
• Daniels, the one with the most unorthodox ideas, starts ruminating some more.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2017
• As the group finishes up the last of their brews and the sun starts to give way to a summer breeze, Settine pauses to ruminate on the past year.
  — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• This is the time to create, ruminate, and shine with unabashed splendor.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 July 2018
• Garrett doesn’t ruminate over how the world views him in the aftermath of the incident.
  — cleveland, 9 Sep. 2020
• Aimee Dunkle often ruminates about the call that could have saved her son's life.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 May 2024
• Aimee Dunkle often ruminates about the call that could have saved her son's life.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
• O’Sullivan had to stew on the timeout call longer than usual while his players had to ruminate on what had gone wrong.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 June 2021
• But the documentary does little to ruminate on the effect the show had on its host.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2021
• On the boat ride home, wrapped in a blanket to shelter from the wind, Rubio, the ex-pastor, sat ruminating.
  — WIRED, 2 July 2023
• Being alone gives me time to ruminate and talk to myself and helps my self-awareness.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2022
• Brian rants on about the pressures of manhood, and Melissa ruminates about feeling put down by their mother as Brian looks down from his pedestal.
  — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
• The versatile, always-all-in Mars is a worthy lodestar for Rosé and Rosie, an album that whirls through 21st-century pop idioms with aplomb even as its heroine ruminates on heartache and anxiety.
  — Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025