How to Use contemplative in a Sentence

contemplative

1 of 2 adjective

• She joined a contemplative order of nuns.
• He has lived a quiet, contemplative life.
• Those authors lean more to a contemplative side of the faith.
  — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 23 July 2021
• The vibes at the monastery are contemplative, but not sad, Pham said.
  — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
• Her way of life is contemplative.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
• 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
• But, typical of the contemplative front man, there’s more to it than that.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2021
• Here, too, there’s no threat of boiling over, just a low, contemplative simmer.
  — Vulture, 17 Dec. 2023
• The best ones are juicy, food-friendly and not overly contemplative.
  — Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• 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
• Young Nudy asks in a contemplative voice, in response to the question.
  — M.t. Richards, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
• Franz is more contemplative, and looking at things, studying things a little bit.
  — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2021
• 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
• 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
• That structure—and the right tools—are helpful to get into that contemplative mindset.
  — Rhett Power, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
• Smith sits poised, contemplative, his hands clasped together.
  — Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
• While wrestling is physical and intense, golf is more contemplative.
  — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
• 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
• Some of the new papers feature contemplative renditions of forests and seascapes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
• 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
• It’s not measured and contemplative like many of the composer’s chamber works.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2022
• Under the weight of it all, an austere grace pervaded the galleries, a contemplative calm.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• There are also plans for a market street, a contemplative garden, and a nature playground.
  — Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
• This is where a contemplative approach to leadership is most valuable.
  — Big Think, 1 Sep. 2025
• This is a special show, one that is not only calm and contemplative but laid back and aggressively humble.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 17 Nov. 2021
• Their contemplative poses are echoed by the house’s twin triangular gables.
  — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
• People are kind of contemplative, that really speaks to the power of these objects to draw people in.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
• The tempo remains steady, but takes on a softer, more contemplative posture, as if urging you to unclench your jaw.
  — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 24 Feb. 2026
• Meanwhile, many in the neighborhood will see this as a beautiful place to take a contemplative stroll or sit and read a book in the sun or sled in the snow.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
• Tension In The House Let’s end for now with a few contemplative thoughts.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

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
• Rebecca Hall stood in front of an easel, her face contemplative.
  — Thessaly La Force, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• Pictured in a black hat and her sunglasses, the singer sat on the floor looking contemplative in the first photo.
  — Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• In the white-cube gallery, the works’ reflections were still and sparse, their effect contemplative, the mood austere.
  — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2024
• 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
• Both contemplative, both informed by Grant’s mellow vocals, the tracks have jumpstarted Grant’s return to songwriting.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
• Worldly and contemplative, the Hated were marking their place in an unjust society, perhaps to simply affirm their existence.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• 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
• The lengthy, meandering interview displayed sides of Musk from combative and smug to philosophical and contemplative.
  — Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• His people were Southern farmers, moody, contemplative, industrious, colored.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Quirky and contemplative, this delectable documentary takes us on a surprising global odyssey into the world of cheese, drawing unexpected parallels between the aging of cheese and the human experience of growing old.
  — Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
• 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
• Meditation’s potential has been demonstrated by numerous contemplative, philosophical, religious and spiritual traditions that teach it as a core element that leads to enlightenment or salvation.
  — Matthew D. Sacchet, Scientific American, 25 June 2024