contemplative
Example Sentences
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That loss was addressed on 2023's mournful, contemplative album But Here We Are.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Edgar Calel’s dimly lighted installation, in which stones and plant matter dangle over vessels that hold flickering, electronic flames, transports us to a contemplative gnostic ritual.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
When discussing the two years he spent in Metallica and the bad blood that followed, Mustaine is contemplative and serene.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Pratt said his concept for the memorial, titled “Warriors’ Circle of Honor”—a contemplative and subtly interactive space, focused around a circular stainless steel sculpture, mounted on a drum—came to him in a dream.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
His eyes were a contemplative, watery gray and the hair which protruded from under his Stetson hat was spiky and weathered.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing contemplative
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