"Pensive mood" refers to a state of deep thoughtfulness or reflection. It suggests that someone is lost in thought, introspective, or contemplative about something specific or generally in a solemn way. Full definition
One of the things that makes the 2015 - 2016 transition interesting in the creative corps is a subdued, reflective, sometimes exhausted, and often pensive mood. (porteranderson.com)
So, in my pensive mood, as I did last year, I took a bit of time to go back through the posts of 2017 and write up little retrospective. (thedressedaesthetic.com)
Hardly a film to watch if you're in anything but a pensive mood, Prozac Nation still has a strangely attractive quality about it. (dvdizzy.com)