Muse
verb
To think deeply about something.
She sat, musing on the possibilities of a new job
Often appears as...
- muse over
- muse on
noun
A person or thing that inspires an artist, writer or musician.
The landscape was his muse for many years
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Approving
Literary
verb
To say something in a thoughtful way.
He mused aloud about the situation
Often appears as...
- muse aloud
- muse to oneself
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Colloquial
noun
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Muses were the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts.
She is like a Greek muse in her ability to inspire creativity
Often appears as...
- greek muse
- calliope muse
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Approving
Historical
verb
To think deeply about something.
She sat, musing on the possibilities of a new job
Often appears as...
- muse over
- muse on
noun
A person or thing that inspires an artist, writer or musician.
The landscape was his muse for many years
Usage tips
Approving
Literary
verb
To say something in a thoughtful way.
He mused aloud about the situation
Often appears as...
- muse aloud
- muse to oneself
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Muses were the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts.
She is like a Greek muse in her ability to inspire creativity
Often appears as...
- greek muse
- calliope muse
Usage tips
Approving
Historical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Use Your Imagination
When you muse, you're not just thinking—you're letting your imagination explore possibilities.
As the rain fell, she mused on childhood adventures.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Reflection
To muse is often a solitary activity, where personal thoughts and reflections take center stage.
He spent the evening musing about his future.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Mood
When you muse, the mood is thoughtful and slightly introspective, not urgent or rushed.
She mused over the meaning of love.
Pro Tip 1/3Use Your Imagination
When you muse, you're not just thinking—you're letting your imagination explore possibilities.
As the rain fell, she mused on childhood adventures.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Reflection
To muse is often a solitary activity, where personal thoughts and reflections take center stage.
He spent the evening musing about his future.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Mood
When you muse, the mood is thoughtful and slightly introspective, not urgent or rushed.
She mused over the meaning of love.
Pro Tip 1/3Use Your Imagination
When you muse, you're not just thinking—you're letting your imagination explore possibilities.
As the rain fell, she mused on childhood adventures.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Reflection
To muse is often a solitary activity, where personal thoughts and reflections take center stage.
He spent the evening musing about his future.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Mood
When you muse, the mood is thoughtful and slightly introspective, not urgent or rushed.
She mused over the meaning of love.
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Lee Cronin: Making...
burning through chemistries. And so we have to understand that if we're going to make artificial life or understand the origin of life, we need to power it somehow. So before we can really start to make life, we have to really think about where it came from. And Darwin himself mused in a letter to a colleague that he thought that life probably emerged
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
important personage probably a lama perhaps a very important monk buried inside after cremation often buried then with objects that were important to that individual and you can see that these things have been looted substantially in the past one of our team members sucrose auger of Nepal is looking somewhat but mused about what do I do with this but
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Caleb Chung: Come play...
This is my wife Christi, who is just, you know, my muse and my partner for eternity here. And she does drawings, right? She's an actual, you know, artist. And she starts doing all these different drawings and does color patterns and coloring books. And I like the guy with the cigar at the bottom there. He didn't test so well, but I like him.
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Freeman Hrabowski: 4...
Now what is especially important about that experience for me is We found that we could do a lot in the arts and humanities and social sciences. And so we began to work on that, for years in the '60s. And we produced a number of people in law, all the way to the humanities. We produced great artists. Beckett is our muse.
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Does photographing a...
as the light fades at the end of the day; the shapes that nature so expertly makes, abstract and yet completely perfect. I could go on and on here musing about the intricacies of this planet and the way that it makes me feel. Photographing the beauty and complexity of this world
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Steven Pinker: What our...
understand the intent behind that. And likewise, if someone says, "Nice store you've got there. It would be a real shame if something happened to it" -- we understand that as a veiled threat, rather than a musing of hypothetical possibilities. So the puzzle is, why are bribes,
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Frida Kahlo: The woman...
Over the course of her life, she would establish herself as the creator and muse behind extraordinary art. Though you may have met Kahlo's gaze before, her work provides an opportunity to see the world through her eyes. She painted friends and family,
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Your words may predict...
in different traditions and in different places of the world, as if they were hearing and obeying voices that they perceived as coming from the Gods, or from the muses what today we would call hallucinations.
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Nowruz and the Night Sky...
the world as bobak's curiosity about the universe grew he became inspired by a muse who would guide his work as a photographer the night sky
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Diversifying the voices...
acutely aware of the violence and injustice of the archive Weber from the colonial records or the European musings about Africans and
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Lee Cronin: Making...
burning through chemistries. And so we have to understand that if we're going to make artificial life or understand the origin of life, we need to power it somehow. So before we can really start to make life, we have to really think about where it came from. And Darwin himself mused in a letter to a colleague that he thought that life probably emerged
Video examples
Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
important personage probably a lama perhaps a very important monk buried inside after cremation often buried then with objects that were important to that individual and you can see that these things have been looted substantially in the past one of our team members sucrose auger of Nepal is looking somewhat but mused about what do I do with this but
Video examples
Caleb Chung: Come play...
This is my wife Christi, who is just, you know, my muse and my partner for eternity here. And she does drawings, right? She's an actual, you know, artist. And she starts doing all these different drawings and does color patterns and coloring books. And I like the guy with the cigar at the bottom there. He didn't test so well, but I like him.
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Freeman Hrabowski: 4...
Now what is especially important about that experience for me is We found that we could do a lot in the arts and humanities and social sciences. And so we began to work on that, for years in the '60s. And we produced a number of people in law, all the way to the humanities. We produced great artists. Beckett is our muse.
Video examples
Does photographing a...
as the light fades at the end of the day; the shapes that nature so expertly makes, abstract and yet completely perfect. I could go on and on here musing about the intricacies of this planet and the way that it makes me feel. Photographing the beauty and complexity of this world
Video examples
Steven Pinker: What our...
understand the intent behind that. And likewise, if someone says, "Nice store you've got there. It would be a real shame if something happened to it" -- we understand that as a veiled threat, rather than a musing of hypothetical possibilities. So the puzzle is, why are bribes,
Video examples
Frida Kahlo: The woman...
Over the course of her life, she would establish herself as the creator and muse behind extraordinary art. Though you may have met Kahlo's gaze before, her work provides an opportunity to see the world through her eyes. She painted friends and family,
Video examples
Your words may predict...
in different traditions and in different places of the world, as if they were hearing and obeying voices that they perceived as coming from the Gods, or from the muses what today we would call hallucinations.
Video examples
Nowruz and the Night Sky...
the world as bobak's curiosity about the universe grew he became inspired by a muse who would guide his work as a photographer the night sky
Video examples
Diversifying the voices...
acutely aware of the violence and injustice of the archive Weber from the colonial records or the European musings about Africans and
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Quote examples
Richard Linklater
American Director
For a lot of us, awareness is merely realizing the extent to which we've been lied to all our lives. You start educating yourself. You become motivated; you follow your muse where it takes you. And you see the world in a different way. You start making decisions based on what you feel is right.
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JC Chasez
American Musician
I think I look for a muse in women. Someone I can just picture in my mind. Someone who respects herself and others. It isn't so much the things she says, it's mainly what she does. That's what make her all the more beautiful.
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Virgil Abloh
American Designer
The concept with Off-White is that I have no ideal target. It's more about trying to make something for everyone. And I think that's what helps make it unique. That there isn't a specific muse.
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Raheem DeVaughn
American Musician
All of my songs were about my firsthand experiences. Pretty much, I've learned how to become my own muse and take situations from my own life and wear them on my sleeve.
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Robert J. Sawyer
Canadian Writer
A writer needs to write, period. He or she can't wait for the muse, shouldn't need peace and quiet, and isn't entitled to perfect conditions or the perfect spot.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration?
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Lou Doillon
French Actress
I was raised by muses. Women who had men in awe of them and who wrote them movies and wrote them music.
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Lindsey Wixson
American Model
If you're a model, you're paid to be a muse.
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Frans Lanting
Dutch Photographer
Nature's my muse and it's been my passion.
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Nicola Formichetti
Japanese Designer
My muse is the digital world.
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Richard Linklater
American Director
For a lot of us, awareness is merely realizing the extent to which we've been lied to all our lives. You start educating yourself. You become motivated; you follow your muse where it takes you. And you see the world in a different way. You start making decisions based on what you feel is right.
Quote examples
JC Chasez
American Musician
I think I look for a muse in women. Someone I can just picture in my mind. Someone who respects herself and others. It isn't so much the things she says, it's mainly what she does. That's what make her all the more beautiful.
Quote examples
Virgil Abloh
American Designer
The concept with Off-White is that I have no ideal target. It's more about trying to make something for everyone. And I think that's what helps make it unique. That there isn't a specific muse.
Quote examples
Raheem DeVaughn
American Musician
All of my songs were about my firsthand experiences. Pretty much, I've learned how to become my own muse and take situations from my own life and wear them on my sleeve.
Quote examples
Robert J. Sawyer
Canadian Writer
A writer needs to write, period. He or she can't wait for the muse, shouldn't need peace and quiet, and isn't entitled to perfect conditions or the perfect spot.
Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration?
Quote examples
Lou Doillon
French Actress
I was raised by muses. Women who had men in awe of them and who wrote them movies and wrote them music.
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Lindsey Wixson
American Model
If you're a model, you're paid to be a muse.
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Frans Lanting
Dutch Photographer
Nature's my muse and it's been my passion.
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Nicola Formichetti
Japanese Designer
My muse is the digital world.
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