Past tense of muse
regular verb
The past tense of muse is mused. The past participle is also mused.
Forms of muse
| Base form (V1) | muse /mjuːz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mused |
| Past participle (V3) | mused |
| Present participle | musing |
| Third person singular | muses /mjuːzɪz/ |
Mused in a sentence
- When I asked about her affinity for playing self-obsessed artists, O’Hara mused: “Maybe I’m just trying to get it out of my system.2026 January 30, Judy Berman, “Catherine O’Hara Portrayed the Vain and Delusional With a Radical Lack of Vanity”, in TIME, archived from...
- There's a cure for what ails him after all, she mused before continuing.2022 October 4, HarryBlank, “Drilling Down”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2024. From the entry moon eyes
- Would a new nose reinstate one, the rhinoplast Otto Hildebrand mused a few centuries later?2015, Valeria Finucci, The Prince's Body: Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance Medicine. From the entry rhinoplast
- Paula mused over the idea as she took small bites of her nooked and crannied muffin.2012, John M. Garzone, Crazed Control, page 157. From the entry nooked
- "There's a lot of USO girls in Hollywood," Hope mused on his World War II tours.2003 July 29, Lenore Skenazy, “Bob Hope's Jokes Just Lived For the Moment”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 18 Oct 2009. From the entry thigh-slapper
Meaning of muse
- noun Of a person: a source of inspiration.
- noun A poet; a bard.
- verb To become lost in thought, to ponder.
Questions about the past tense of muse
- What is the past tense of muse?
- The past tense of muse is mused.
- What is the past participle of muse?
- The past participle of muse is mused.
- Is muse a regular or irregular verb?
- Muse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: muse (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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