meditative

adjective med·i·ta·tive \ ˈme-də-ˌtā-tiv \

|Updated on: 3 Jun 2018

Examples: meditative in a Sentence

Definition of meditative

1 : marked by or conducive to meditation

2 : disposed or given to meditation

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meditatively

adverb

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meditativeness

noun

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Examples of meditative in a Sentence

I could see that she was in a meditative mood.
I've been in a meditative mood all day.

Recent Examples of meditative from the Web

Taking his place alongside Spurs and Belgium teammate Mousa Dembele on Jack Whitehall's Training Days from his YouTube channel, the pair were put through a bizarre set of meditative situations in preparation for the World Cup this summer.

— SI.com, "Jan Vertonghan Takes Dig at North London Rivals After Appearance on YouTube Show," 19 May 2018
In a clever, unforced link to tradition, Tacita Dean’s meditative contemporary landscapes are the opening exhibition in the new Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries.

— dominic green, WSJ, "A Museum Honors Its Educational History," 19 May 2018
But the methodical, meditative act of grooming a horse — brush, brush, brush — and the smell of hay and the gentle whinnies from the 1,200-pound creature have been therapy for Alger.

— petula dvorak, Washington Post, "Second Chance Farm: Four broken men, six discarded racehorses, one place saving them," 17 May 2018
The juxtaposition of this statement with the teller’s matter-of-fact response—about systemic barriers keeping black lawyers and, by extension, black people, from realizing success—is somber, a hallmark of Glover’s meditative show.

— hannah giorgis, The Atlantic, "Donald Glover, Atlanta, and the Ties That Bind," 11 May 2018
But on the album’s title track, his greatest debt is to Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, a late-20th-century star of South African jazz whose meditative playing was full of gentle grace notes and tumbling momentum.

— New York Times, "The Playlist: John Mayer Laments the Friend Zone, and 11 More New Songs," 11 May 2018
There are 22 meditative steps to each work of art – also known as icon writing – using prescribed criteria or canons dating back centuries.

— algerina perna, baltimoresun.com, "The Art of Icon Writing," 11 May 2018
Whirlwinds of conversation and introductions between mega-stars take place, while other big names stand in silent, meditative states, possibly contemplating the right poses or the hellish thought of taking a dive down the stairs.

— brooke bobb, Vogue, "Watch: Kate Moss, Bella Hadid, and Co. Confess Their Fashion Sins at the Met Gala," 10 May 2018
Walk along the meditative squeaky white sands with your family or your pup.

— amy aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Explore Florida's Escambia County: Escape Pensacola's bustle on Perdido Key," 7 May 2018

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