How to Use contemplative in a Sentence

contemplative

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of contemplativenext
Synonyms for contemplativenext
  • She joined a contemplative order of nuns.
  • He has lived a quiet, contemplative life.
  • The vibes at the monastery are contemplative, but not sad, Pham said.
    — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • For sure, the jail for Villanelle is a contemplative place and not an easy place to be.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Those authors lean more to a contemplative side of the faith.
    — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 23 July 2021
  • The arrival of grandchild No. 2 seemed to put Lourd in a contemplative mood.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The news comes with the release of the title track, along with a video in which Matthew Houck sings on a contemplative row down a river.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Young Nudy asks in a contemplative voice, in response to the question.
    — M.t. Richards, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But, typical of the contemplative front man, there’s more to it than that.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The show was so contemplative at times and had nothing to do with the rhythm that we were used to seeing on screen telling these kinds of stories.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Hetfield’s voice is low and scratchy, and can shift from contemplative to feral in a single note.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Any aesthete in your life or friend who listens to Drake on long, contemplative walks will freak out over this.
    — Vanessa Powell, ELLE, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Yet the 24-year-old former standout at Agoura High School is now more contemplative.
    — John Ortega, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Here, too, there’s no threat of boiling over, just a low, contemplative simmer.
    — Vulture, 17 Dec. 2023
  • That structure—and the right tools—are helpful to get into that contemplative mindset.
    — Rhett Power, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Obi-Wan is wise, contemplative and highly connected to the Force.
    — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2022
  • Godland is many things, not least of them a contemplative correlative to the Viking bloodbath of The Northman.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022
  • Many are peaceful and contemplative, while some are more challenging and thought provoking, and all feel of a time.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Under the weight of it all, an austere grace pervaded the galleries, a contemplative calm.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • That is a hard act to follow, but the book provides an opportunity to spend time with the work in a more contemplative format.
    — Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Her follow-up to them, The Eternal Daughter, is a quiet and contemplative ghost story set in an old manor hotel in the north of England.
    — Douglas Greenwood, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The contemplative nature of the game and the laconic tempo have always been attractive to me.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Franz is more contemplative, and looking at things, studying things a little bit.
    — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Let Harry Styles cushion the blow with contemplative lyrics and a stunning music video.
    — Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Some of the new papers feature contemplative renditions of forests and seascapes.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Its low profile has made for a contemplative space, but also one that can get a little lost amid a rather inhospitable street.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
  • It’s not measured and contemplative like many of the composer’s chamber works.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2022
  • The answers to my questions were contemplative and self-aware paragraphs, as if the girdle of poetic form had been loosened.
    — Danny Freedman, Outside Online, 8 July 2022
  • The art form reflects contemplative ideas of nature, elements, and change, uniquely expressed on a small scale.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2024
  • As a result, the interviews have a more contemplative, reverent, and wistful tone than those in the filmmaker’s other musical projects.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
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contemplative

2 of 2 noun
  • Being near the most sacred part of the house made a contemplative out of her.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 3 May 2021
  • Harmony is at the heart of plaza life, the communal ties between tables, the whole mishmash crowd in this shifting encampment, taking the sun, contemplatives in the land of commerce.
    — Garrison Keillor, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • The figures are dressed in a contemporary athletic style that emphasizes their strength, but the posturing is casual and timeless, ranging from contemplative to statuesque.
    — Danielle Avram, Dallas News, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Stolevski treats every frame with a gentle, Terrence Malick–ian touch, creating a contemplative—and spellbinding—study of the human condition through the eyes of an unconventional subject.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Regarding cross-checking interpersonal experience, both contemplatives and the texts dealing with the various experiences a meditator might encounter are quite precise in their descriptions.
    — Matthieu Ricard, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2017
  • Being near the most sacred part of the house made a contemplative out of her.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 3 May 2021
  • Harmony is at the heart of plaza life, the communal ties between tables, the whole mishmash crowd in this shifting encampment, taking the sun, contemplatives in the land of commerce.
    — Garrison Keillor, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • The figures are dressed in a contemporary athletic style that emphasizes their strength, but the posturing is casual and timeless, ranging from contemplative to statuesque.
    — Danielle Avram, Dallas News, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Stolevski treats every frame with a gentle, Terrence Malick–ian touch, creating a contemplative—and spellbinding—study of the human condition through the eyes of an unconventional subject.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Regarding cross-checking interpersonal experience, both contemplatives and the texts dealing with the various experiences a meditator might encounter are quite precise in their descriptions.
    — Matthieu Ricard, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2017

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