How to Use meditate on/upon in a Sentence

meditate on/upon

phrasal verb

• Both plays meditate on the paradox of how someone can be at once cursed and blessed.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• The artists’ hope is that their work will prompt visitors to meditate on our place in the universe.
  — New York Times, 5 Jan. 2022
• They were also asked to meditate on their own for around 40 minutes per day.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 13 Nov. 2022
• John Adams, most notably, drew on Smith to meditate on the political power of the rich.
  — Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2023
• Byrd advised her on the best way to start her morning — by taking a moment to meditate on the tasks before the day and charging after them.
  — Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2022
• Some of the gang meditate on the indignities of growing old, others on the value of friendship.
  — Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
• Cluck your tongue at my misfortune; meditate on my pain.
  — Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022
• The procession stops to meditate on the stations of the cross, moments in the torture of Jesus as he is led to his crucifixion.
  — Greg Garrison | , al, 8 Apr. 2023
• All of them have either lived through wildfire, worked with fire, or used art to meditate on the cycle of destruction and rebirth through fire.
  — Molly Enking, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
• To prepare, some Buddhists sit at the grave where they’ll be buried and meditate on their bones dissolving and dispersing into the universe.
  — Jack Thomas, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
• The Diaspora is to meditate on the mundanities of Black life.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 19 Feb. 2022
• Most listeners will rightly meditate on the core repertory, much of which was re-recorded by the same or similar forces, as was the fashion then.
  — David Mermelstein, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2021
• So far, this show has struggled to successfully meditate on its themes and establish a mood.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2021
• Joba’s loss has pushed him to meditate on passion and purpose, and while there are no holds barred when Joba confronts his pain, the album as a whole feels inspired, and even hopeful.
  — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2021
• No doubt Republicans want Democrats to meditate on the consequences of their norm-busting.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
• Celeste, one of the finest games to come out in the past decade, uses the challenge of its platforming to meditate on a life that successfully co-exists with anxiety.
  — Keep Mario Weird, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2023
• Each year, Daniel asks her students to meditate on what their greatest strength is — or their superpower — and write it on cards cut out to look like comic strip speech boxes to post in the hallway.
  — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
• All the repetition in this song is my way of being able to meditate on these words of encouragement and confidence, affirm and push through.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2021
• Maybe meditate on it while lighting a candle, or burning some incense, or even just sitting still outside under a tree.
  — Amy Solara, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2021
• Some kids meditate on yoga mats, while others do art, read positive affirmation books or sit on a cushion and squeeze a stress ball.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
• The preface includes several other poems that meditate on how Shakespeare will live on through his work.
  — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
• Shanley’s riff on the genre runs through a typical Western plot line in just a few minutes, but gives time to meditate on how a life without freedom or adventure isn’t a life worth living.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• Really meditate on those questions and answers, and then take action.
  — Malita Gardner, Good Housekeeping, 14 Dec. 2020
• On their date, the women end up walking together, passing a group of Hare Krishnas that sparks Jessica to meditate on trying new things and knowing certain things are just not for her.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 June 2022
• Or meditate on Sakura, the cherry blossom, and its instructive transience.
  — Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
• The photo series, which appears to meditate on the ephemeral nature of life, has pioneered a bold new hybrid of self-portraiture and wildlife photography.
  — Annie Hill, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2023
• To welcome another year of the African Film Festival is to celebrate and meditate on the value and urgency of these interventions.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2023
• Soon artist Ai Weiwei will take over the museum with his first show focusing on design, inviting us to meditate on value and humanity, art and activism.
  — Nargess Banks, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• The Fogo Island Inn doesn’t so much as cling to the rocks below but reach toward the sky and sea, allowing guests to meditate upon the landscape’s dramatic beauty while also feeling entirely at one with it.
  — David Graver, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2022
• By placing the photographs in their historical context, the show gives visitors the chance to meditate on what occurs in the midst of speaking, including what might be lost, unheard or even unfinished.
  — Lily Katzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024