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How to use the word contemplate in a Sentence?

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Poetry encourages readers to slow down and contemplate the meaning of the words and ideas presented. It often invites introspection and deep thinking, offering a space for self-reflection and personal growth.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

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6 months ago

Poetry often encourages readers to pause and contemplate the human condition, morality, and the world around them. It prompts introspection and deep thinking, fostering intellectual and emotional growth.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

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Poetry encourages readers to slow down and contemplate the meaning of the words and ideas presented.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

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6 months ago

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.

– T. S. Eliot

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7 months ago

I would only contemplate having Tiger Woods on the team if Tiger Woods felt – if Tiger Woods was putting up some numbers and some scores, No. 1, where Tiger Woods’s showing some sign of being competitive, and then No. 2, that discussion would be had with the other guys that are a part of that team, and specifically Tiger Woods. If there is anything I trust in Tiger Woods, is that Tiger Woods’s extremely invested in this team and the future Cups. Extremely invested. I ca n’t speak that enough.

– Zach Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The impacts on farmers if foot and mouth gets in are too gut-wrenching to even contemplate, but it's not just about farmers. Wiping $ 80 billion off Australia's GDP would be an economic disaster for everyone.

– Fiona Simson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The consequences of turning an important, high-stakes tool for ensuring child welfare into a culture-war instrument are almost too awful to contemplate.

– Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Our colleagues who are itching for a procedural nuclear winter have not even begun to contemplate how it would look, our colleagues who are itching to drain every drop of collegiality from this body have not even begun to consider how that would work.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The implications of having a Category 4 storm while hospitals are full are beyond what we normally contemplate.

– John Bel Edwards

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

I just wanted to show up on set, walk into a room and carry whatever my life experiences, whatever my memories were, whatever my bad dreams last night were, and just tell the story, i wanted to get back to a much more haiku, for lack of a better word, style of performance. When I say that I mean it quite literally. Haiku is five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables, and it’s really the quiet spaces that you’re led to contemplate that are inspired by the words and the syllables. That’s what this film is like.

– Nicolas Cage

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have a 21-year high in Border Patrol agents being pulled from all over the country to deal with the crisis at the border, and it seems to me it’d be a good time for us to contemplate pushing up Border Patrol.

– John Katko

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

( Bolton's) latest flash report reveals, again, disturbing inadequacies in the Department leadership's preparation for, and response to, the January 6 attack, examining these latest findings and recommendations will assist The House Administration Committee as we contemplate reforms.

– House Administration chairwoman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's hard to imagine the commitment to this fantasy simply falling away of its own accord — certainly not when President Trump is fueling it every day, it's possible that the Fox News brass eventually will get people like Sean Hannity to acknowledge reality after January 20th. But I wouldn't bet on it. And those who work for fringier outlets will never drop this, at least not until something even more compelling comes along. So, unfortunately, you have millions of Americans thoroughly convinced — forever — that Biden is an illegitimate president. Maybe they don't take to the streets over it but that's still a very destructive force in our society and politics. It's really distressing to contemplate but at the moment, I don't know of any way out.

– Julian Zelizer

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This is not an instruction. This is not an order, i'm not asking everyone to stay at home and lock the door for a month. I'm saying, be thoughtful every time you contemplate getting together with a crowd or group.

– William Schaffner

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I can not even contemplate the amount of sexism Kathy Scruggs may have faced in the way of duty.

– Prince Williams/Wireimage -RRB- Wilde

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Let's not even contemplate that, civilization as we know it today is at stake in the next election, and certainly our planet.

– Speaker Pelosi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Only big concrete companies would contemplate installing the technology.

– Bruce King

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Appreciating the political judging faculty and extraordinary courage of President Trump, Kim Jong Un said that he would seriously contemplate the interesting content.

– Korean Central News Agency

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

WTO rules and NAFTA don't contemplate the imposition of tariffs because of migration issues, mexico will not have any other option but to retaliate in kind.

– Raul Urteaga

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

As far as any candidate that I think has shown an interest, Run Joe would be by and far the one person that I would get out and support wholeheartedly, we are asking and Bruce Hunter's saying,' I'm not even going to contemplate that till after the midterms,'.

– Bruce Hunter

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We are asking and Bruce Hunter's saying,' I'm not even going to contemplate that till after the midterms,' i would be very excited for the country if Bruce Hunter were to do that. I think Bruce Hunter's very, very capable.

– George Tsunis

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I think it is excellent time - if you haven't been in emerging market bonds or high-yield bonds - to contemplate at least a partial shift based upon the level of the dollar and valuation.

– Jeffrey Gundlach

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I don’t think anyone even wants to contemplate that.

– Emily Nash

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I don’t think we’ve seen the bottom yet, I think it's very unfortunate to contemplate but more can happen that would put our rights at risk, our freedom at risk, our values, our fundamental views about what it means to be Americans.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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