How to Use on/upon reflection in a Sentence

on/upon reflection

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• Again, this is something that, on reflection, makes a lot of sense.
  — Chad Orzel, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• Upon reflection, there's one thing Zwick would've changed in the final cut.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
• And upon reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2024
• Yet many, on reflection, feel the initial reaction was overblown.
  — Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
• And that's upon reflection with my friends, family and my [current] husband.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
• Rachel Allen, its vice president, indicates that one of the ways that this shows up is a focus on reflection and learning.
  — Emily Finchum-Mason, The Conversation, 4 May 2022
• The aura of Rohmer and the emphasis on reflection through language is still within it, but the piece has taken many turns along the way.
  — Risa Sarachan, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• Like time, that familiar stranger, The Clock seems strange only upon reflection.
  — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
• For those not on automatic guffaw, the laughter builds upon reflection.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2022
• This pattern is familiar but possibly, on reflection, bizarre.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
• Does Guardiola, on reflection, regret losing such a rare talent?
  — Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
• Unlike humans, whose eyes consist of rounded lenses that refract light, lobsters’ eyes depend on reflection.
  — Claire Bugos, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2021
• But on reflection the opportunity sounded like an ideal trial run.
  — André Wheeler, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
• There are few scientific studies available that yield conclusive data, but on reflection, there is clearly some logic to it.
  — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
• The focus on reflection, collaboration, and self-care set the stage for lasting transformation.
  — Open Up, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• But something else is hanging there, too, something unexpected and incongruous — except that, on reflection, the something else is fitting.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• Throughout, the camerawork is audacious, but more upon reflection than in terms of visceral pyrotechnics.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
• Yet, upon reflection, Conrad might well have been attempting to do both tasks at once—treading a fine line, and, judging from scholars’ long-running debates, succeeding.
  — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2025
• Upon reflection later that night (in the safety of two-dimensional webinar Sundance), the interaction felt telling.
  — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
• And there is a rich field of possibilities, should Biden, upon reflection and after broad consultations regarding his health and ability to serve, decide that now is the time to hand on the torch to an able successor.
  — Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
• However, by that time, the movie’s title had been changed to Return of the Jedi as Lucas, upon reflection, believed that Jedis should not indulge in feelings of revenge.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2023
• In retrospect and upon reflection, there was an underlying offensive connection to historical atrocities.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2022
• And, on reflection, how could a succession of American presidents, from Truman to Bush, have been so pathetically wrong about the proper direction of American policy?
  — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2021
• The most crucial plot point — shaky on reflection, absurdly overplayed in the sequel — is Batman's belief that one effective District Attorney will turn his nightmare city into statistical Singapore.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• Spotify’s many headaches Spotify has, on reflection, done incredibly well to maintain its status as the world’s biggest music platform as tech giants like Apple, Google, and Amazon tried to grab a piece of the market with their own offerings.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 6 Dec. 2023
• Ramadan, always observed during the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, requires that observant Muslims refrain from eating or drinking between sunup and sunset and focus on reflection, prayer, charity and building community.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021