How to Use contemplation in a Sentence

contemplation

noun

• He goes to the forest to spend time in contemplation of nature.
• She was lost in quiet contemplation of the scene.
• Darrell stood to the side, alone, head hung in contemplation.
  — Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 31 May 2019
• This is a great time for contemplation and observing the day-to-day routines of those closest to you.
  — Randon Rosenbohm, Allure, 29 May 2019
• Who could begrudge him those last nine years of relative quiet and contemplation?
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2018
• Heidi asked, splashing the water playfully and snapping me out of my contemplation.
  — Susan Lacke, Outside Online, 2 May 2019
• Here, though, aesthetic contemplation is not really the point.
  — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 17 June 2019
• Leaving a museum often calls for a moment of contemplation.
  — Nina Sovich, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2018
• Not everything about the display is conducive to quiet contemplation.
  — Cammy Brothers, WSJ, 14 June 2019
• On the day of my visit, the venue is bustling with empty-stomached patrons, some clad in suits, others in hoodies, surveying the scene in deep contemplation.
  — Bethany Biron, Vox, 30 Oct. 2018
• If not big-A art in the academic sense, objects that deserve similar respect and contemplation.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
• It’s more a collection of thoughts, impressions, fears, obsessions, and contemplations that moved me and others to action.
  — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2018
• Inaction, the life of contemplation, may be equally necessary for transforming the rotten present.
  — WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018
• Dworkin insists—for a work of scholarly contemplation: This book is an action, a political action where revolution is the goal.
  — Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2019
• Yet despite all the contemplation, Rhett made sure to live in the present.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2019
• But then came the labor, as compelling to her as the contemplation.
  — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021
• None of the events of the last few years are far enough away to have really got into the songs through long contemplation.
  — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 14 Jan. 2022
• The handle of the mug is a right hand, which rests against the face in that universal symbol of contemplation.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
• The time for contemplation is not at the edge of the diving board because going back down the ladder is worse than the distance to the pool.
  — James Hibberd, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2019
• Those get moved to the back room for future contemplation.
  — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• At the same time, Turow invests him with honest contemplation of how close the end is and what his life has added up to.
  — Janet Maslin, New York Times, 11 May 2020
• The tour ended near the top of the temple, in the Celestial Room, a room for quiet contemplation.
  — CBS News, 17 Apr. 2022
• Some churches closed for the past 10 months opened their doors a few hours a day last week for quiet contemplation.
  — Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020
• The amazed eye could not be removed from this contemplation.
  — Benjamin Ehrlich, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022
• At the heart of Ramadan is the sunrise-to-sunset fast, meant to instill contemplation of God.
  — Samy Magdy and Lee Keath, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2020
• The president stood for a moment of contemplation before the wreath and bowed his head in prayer.
  — CBS News, 29 May 2023
• After a moment of contemplation in front of the first wreath, the group walked to the second memorial, about 200 yards away.
  — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
• This wine will pair nicely with any meats off the grill, as well as post-dinner contemplation.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• Teens with an immortal mind-set don’t contemplate the power of setbacks and losses, but hearing about the nature of the scars on my body rattles them into contemplation.
  — Jackie Speier, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
• The memorial in Charleston, expected to open in spring 2025, will surround the church with a courtyard, a contemplation basin and eventually a survivor's garden.
  — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024