It was occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in contemplative mood. From Wordnik.com. [Newton's apple tree bound for gravity-free space] Reference
Meditations on the Apostles 'Creed in contemplative plainness and simplicity. From Wordnik.com. ["Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary"] Reference
Rooted in contemplative spirituality, the memoir recounts her intense and vivid spiritual transformation. From Wordnik.com. [Sue Monk Kidd biography] Reference
The definition of the word contemplative as described by Foster, Manning, Merton, and many others is Eastern. From Wordnik.com. [SharperIron] Reference
McClure offers her reflections in contemplative, honest language, revealing her meaningful road to self-discovery. From Wordnik.com. [A Pearl in the Storm: Summary and book reviews of A Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClure.] Reference
The answer is probably an individual thing, though Carr suggests spending more time in contemplative mode than in online mode. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Internet, Your Brain, Your Writerly Self] Reference
Sometimes, as can happen in contemplative prayer, we're taken completely out of ourselves as we read, and return to ourselves refreshed. '. From Wordnik.com. [Walking a Literary Labyrinth] Reference
Quiet Suro seems contemplative, which is a word hardly suitable for Suro. From Wordnik.com. [AnimeBlogger.net Antenna] Reference
Please don't call my contemplative pleasure with field glasses by the same name. From Wordnik.com. [Not a Chaser] Reference
As if a shadow of the musician's image, the red composition recalls a contemplative. From Wordnik.com. [artforum.com] Reference
Seattle photographer Chris Engman is best described as a contemplative illusionist. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Potential vote fraud aside, early balloting assaults the notion of contemplative self-government. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
We're going to learn more about the folk artist Patty Larkin, who's been called a contemplative songwriter and a whoop-ass guitarist. From Wordnik.com. [Patty Larkin: 25 Songs, 25 Friends, 25 Years] Reference
The word I'd use to describe his mood is "contemplative". From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: May 2008 Archives] Reference
Take up meditation or some kind of contemplative practice. From Wordnik.com. [Salvaging Secularization, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
I think you have to have some kind of contemplative side to stay calm and centered, and caring, and steady amidst uncertainty. From Wordnik.com. [Marguerite Manteau-Rao: Alzheimer's 10,000 Joys and 10,000 Sorrows: an Interview with Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle] Reference
Thus also the term "contemplative" is applied, not to those who contemplate, but to those who give up their whole lives to contemplation. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Mood index: contemplative from the New York Tmes. From Wordnik.com. [a reminder: what you can do to help someone you've never met...or someone you love.] Reference
You could think of it as a kind of contemplative university. From Wordnik.com. [Quazen] Reference
So as there is a kind of contemplative heraldry, as well as civil. From Wordnik.com. [The Advancement of Learning] Reference
Trade; and for "contemplative," the continuation of the history of Henry. From Wordnik.com. [Bacon] Reference
The answer, of course, "It's a most difficult thing to do - to be contemplative, that is. From Wordnik.com. [Morning Sun Home RSS] Reference
The custom has prevailed of applying the term "contemplative" only to the life led by the latter. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
And how it says you're the kind of contemplative, thoughtful, open-minded person I mentioned in the first point. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
She ranks, herself, alike as a great "contemplative" and as a great woman of action: both phases of experience relate to something deeper. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Catherine Benincasa] Reference
And how it says you’re the kind of contemplative, thoughtful, open-minded person I mentioned in the first point. From Wordnik.com. [Reasons For Buying Books « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
In private, he is a contemplative man with a wry sense of humor. From Wordnik.com. [Bold, Brave And A Buddhist] Reference
Baseball had, of late, seemed too slow and contemplative for modern tastes. From Wordnik.com. [We Was Robbed!] Reference
He is contemplative, he takes that seriously, he is not hasty or off the cuff. From Wordnik.com. [‘The Arts Have a Place in Conversation’] Reference
For millions of Americans, prayer is a contemplative and religious experience. From Wordnik.com. [Spirituality: Don't Pray for Me! Please!] Reference
Gillette had sent sinuous paths winding through it for the contemplative strolls. From Wordnik.com. [I Am Charlotte Simmons] Reference
The old-master portraits, which used to look contemplative, now just look worried. From Wordnik.com. [After the Recession, a Serious Crisis Awaits Museums] Reference
He is quiet, contemplative, a former seminarian -- and University of Iowa running back. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemplative Bomb-Thrower] Reference
There is still Jose Emiliano, 22, on a wheel chair looking weak, pale and contemplative. From Wordnik.com. [José Ramos-Horta: A Mother's Story of Resilience and Agony] Reference
But there was one day when I was particularly contemplative, and my senses were very acute. From Wordnik.com. [Kimberly Brooks: Artist As Second Career: The Wild World Of Kathy Taslitz] Reference
Occasionally during his work, Imortél paused: not in hesitation, but in a contemplative reverie. From Wordnik.com. [Magnum Opus, or A Portrait of the Artist as a Dead Man] Reference
But in terms of the contemplative beauty most of us seek in art, they're still just comic relief. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Art Gets Serious] Reference
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