Plural of muse
regular plural
The plural of muse is muses.
Forms of muse
| Singular | muse /mjuːz/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | muses /mjuːzɪz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Muses in a sentence
- The quintet in Propheticape muses out-of-measured-time until Holland leads it into swift, riding jazz.2000, Max Harrison, Charles Fox, Eric Thacker, The Essential Jazz Records: Modernism to postmodernism, page 238. From the entry ride
- “How can one be so fat and have cold feet?” he muses, contemplating his own stodgy and unwarmable extremities.2008 March 9, James Parker, “Ego Check”, in New York Times. From the entry unwarmable
- “Students here cover a spectrum,” muses a senior, including “preppy pop-collars, hardcore hippies, emo punk rockers, jocks, semi-goths, and Dungeons & Dragoners.”2008, Edward B. Fiske, Robert Logue, the Fiske Guide to Colleges staff, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2008, twenty-fourth edition, Naperville…. From the entry Dungeons & Dragoner
- "The golden age is over," muses Tamara, but one of her clearer-eyed colleagues is quick to correct her: "The gravy train has been derailed, you mean."2011 April 24, Alex Clark, “The Spoiler by Annalena McAfee – review”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News &…. From the entry clear-eyed
- A lean man of fifty-five, with weak eyes and soft speech, he rakes shale on the road and botanizes, ornithologizes, geologizes and muses on the museum.1963, Brooks Atkinson, Tuesdays and Fridays, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, page 11. From the entry ornithologize
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 plural of muse
- What is the plural of muse?
- The plural of muse is muses.
- Is muse countable?
- Muse is a countable noun.
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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