11. The tendency to ruminate can be assessed with the Ruminative Responses Scale of the Response Styles Questionnaire. 12. The concerto has been described as subdued, brittle, lyrical, bittersweet, ruminative and introspective. 13. The richly scored music with its acutely constructed modal harmonies was by turns ruminative , restless and frenetic. 14. AGES 3-5 This is a busy and talkative movie with some ruminative passages here and there. 15. The thematic ideas seemed not interesting enough to warrant all the air-space in this ruminative piece. 16. Trask's songs are intelligent and entertaining, ranging from hard-rocking punk to ruminative balladry. 17. The work as a whole is a loving and ruminative evocation of Arnold's time and place. 18. His slower tempos can get stodgy, and his use of expressive rubato in ruminative material can be excessive. 19. Likewise, ruminative tendency itself, some cognitive psychologists argue, increases the likelihood of the onset of depression. 20. This one is harmonically complex, with ruminative lines that test a performer's ability to maintain lyrical tension.
