How to Use contemplate in a Sentence
contemplate
verb
- I'd like some time to just sit and contemplate.
- He contemplated the meaning of the poem for a long time.
- She stood and quietly contemplated the scene that lay before her.
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At the time, the singer was at the end of a tour and contemplated going to the event.
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Jessica Booth,
Peoplemag,
30 Jan. 2024
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Few players have the skills to even contemplate such a goal, let alone the drive to achieve it.
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Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
21 Oct. 2020
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That is a cue for the rest of us to start to look forward, and contemplate what comes next.
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Joel Mathis,
TheWeek,
24 Nov. 2020
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And that gives me a great deal of pleasure to contemplate that.
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Steve Baltin,
Forbes,
14 Aug. 2022
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Now, though, golf may be forced to contemplate turning the page from the Tiger era.
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Bill Pennington,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2021
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The Spurs boarded a flight home to contemplate what’s next.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
19 May 2021
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Stay tuned to see what the denizens of late night are able to do with a little more time to contemplate.
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Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Aug. 2020
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There is no time to sit back and contemplate even for a moment.
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Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
7 Sep. 2021
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That may still be too painful for a lot of Minnesotans to contemplate.
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Patrick Condon,
Star Tribune,
12 Sep. 2020
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The most compelling moments are the bursts of archival footage where the younger Stones contemplate their longevity.
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Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
9 Mar. 2024
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In place of the viaduct, the city has been contemplating larger parking lots.
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New York Times,
12 Mar. 2018
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The silence alone in this vast scene opens the heart to contemplating such things as life throughout the universe.
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Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 July 2023
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The move to contemplate housing foreign workers in cruise ships comes with a fair bit of irony.
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Philip Heijmans,
Bloomberg.com,
10 May 2020
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The assailant was at large for eight hours and was able to leave the state to contemplate another shooting.
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Amy Nakamura,
USA TODAY,
14 July 2022
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The mural is a prayer for unity, one the refugee spends his days contemplating from behind the counter.
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Jonathan Kauffman,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 May 2018
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The Sky will have a month to contemplate the loss after completing an up-and-down first half.
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Jamal Collier,
chicagotribune.com,
12 July 2021
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The virtual fan idea is just too creepy to contemplate.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
azcentral,
14 May 2020
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The pandemic has mimicked a lot of this by forcing many of us to contemplate the state of our lives.
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Nadia Ebrahim,
refinery29.com,
12 Apr. 2021
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What better way to contemplate that question than with a film that does both?
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 July 2021
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There are a lot of things that come to mind when contemplating the future of fashion.
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ELLE,
3 May 2023
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Stop and think about this for a moment, then contemplate Russia again.
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John Tamny,
Forbes,
18 Apr. 2021
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But contemplating deep time does the job without the side effects.
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Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Sep. 2023
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
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Anelise Chen,
The Atlantic,
17 May 2022
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Few of us have contemplated what a world without deer would look like.
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Erika Howsare,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2023
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Trump is also accused of the thought crime of contemplating bribery.
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Victor Davis Hanson,
National Review,
28 Nov. 2019
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But in the days since, that unity has been tested as teachers contemplate their next moves.
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Mandy McLaren,
The Courier-Journal,
6 Apr. 2018
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But after the game, neither man was in the mood for contemplating the moment or its weight.
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Bill Pennington,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2020
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