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Contemplation
"Contemplation" in a Sentence (14 examples)
In the greatest of all works of art everything had been realized, I could give nothing, and my restless mind tired of passive contemplation.
Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.
The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.
Love is like some fresh spring, that leaves its cresses, its gravel bed and flowers to become first a stream and then a river, changing its aspect and its nature as it flows to plunge itself in some boundless ocean, where restricted natures only find monotony, but where great souls are engulfed in endless contemplation.
He taught contemplation as a means of spiritual purification and the attainment of the Dao, a principle that signifies the highest spiritual ideals of mankind.
What serious contemplation are you in?
The young man was completely absorbed in the contemplation of her beauty.
A trivial problem doesn't require long contemplation.
Having lived with the city life in East Vancouver, BC, from 1996 to 2006 and having moved back to suburban Lulu Island at the end of 2006, I have had much inner contemplation since then. It is now nearing the end of 2021. I feel like a mushroom in a bog.
Matthew sat in quiet contemplation, watching the embers of the campfire slowly fade away.
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Now, 80 percent is accessible — quickly filling with exhibition spaces, stylish restaurants and cafes, bookstores, and highly profitable gift stores, as well as quiet walkways, shady stands of trees and odd nooks that invite contemplation of bygone dynasties.
Mr. Pickwick congratulated the fortunate owner of the irresistible garments on their acquisition; and Mr. Peter Magnus remained a few moments apparently absorbed in contemplation.
Whilst he roamed about with his flocks, through ice and snow, communion with his God in prayer, and quiet contemplation, were his portion.
He concludes: "This letter is written in contemplation of legal proceedings, and is a pre-action protocol letter within the meaning of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998."
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