CONTEMPLATIVE in a Sentence
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169 example sentences for CONTEMPLATIVE, such as:
1. Athos walked about in a contemplative mood.
2. Martin is a quiet, contemplative sort of chap.
3. She remained absorbed in ecstatic contemplation.
4. You're too young to be contemplating retirement.
5. He used to contemplate the problem from all sides.
2. Martin is a quiet, contemplative sort of chap.
3. She remained absorbed in ecstatic contemplation.
4. You're too young to be contemplating retirement.
5. He used to contemplate the problem from all sides.
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Meanings and Examples of CONTEMPLATIVE
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contemplative
a. deeply or seriously thoughtful
n. a person devoted to the contemplative life
Classic Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
1 But here he was interrupted by his fair physician, a smile which she could scarce suppress dimpling for an instant a face, whose general expression was that of contemplative melancholy.
2 Her ladyship lapsed into contemplative silence, soothed by the brandy.
3 In his singular character the dual nature alternately asserted itself, and his extreme exactness and astuteness represented, as I have often thought, the reaction against the poetic and contemplative mood which occasionally predominated in him.
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4 Porthos pretended that this occupation was proof of a reflective and contemplative organization, and he had brought him away without any other recommendation.
5 Athos walked about in a contemplative mood.
6 For to-day he felt that he had earned opportunities for contemplative repose.
7 While my companion contemplated with a serious and satisfied spirit the magnificent appearances of things, I delighted in investigating their causes.
8 I contemplated the lake: the waters were placid; all around was calm; and the snowy mountains, 'the palaces of nature,' were not changed.
9 I retired to rest at night; my slumbers, as it were, waited on and ministered to by the assemblance of grand shapes which I had contemplated during the day.
10 The duration of my absence was left to my own choice; a few months, or at most a year, was the period contemplated.
11 At last, I desperately considered that the thing I contemplated must be done, and that it had best be done in the least improbable manner consistent with the circumstances.
12 As I fixed my eyes hopelessly on Joe, Joe contemplated me in dismay.
13 This was my homely thought, as I contemplated the box-tree.
14 And then we contemplated one another afresh, and laughed again.
15 As we contemplated the fire, and as I thought what a difficult vision to realize this same Capital sometimes was, I put my hands in my pockets.
Example Sentence:
1 I think my psyche is a contradictory mixture of adventurism and contemplative caution.
2 Withdrawing from the world, Thomas Merton joined a contemplative religious order and adopted the monastic life.
3 Martin is a quiet, contemplative sort of chap.
4 For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor.
5 The government has contemplated reforming the entire tax system.
6 The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform.
7 You're too young to be contemplating retirement.
8 He went on to intimate that he was indeed contemplating a shake-up of the company.
9 He stood there contemplating the stars in the sky.
10 The organization has accused the Norwegian government of endangering a rare area of the Arctic sea by contemplating oil exploration there.
11 He used to contemplate the problem from all sides.
12 The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.
13 Each morning the priest spent an hour in quiet contemplation.
14 She remained absorbed in ecstatic contemplation.
15 She was lost in contemplation of the scene in front of her.