How to Use contemplate in a Sentence

contemplate

verb

• I'd like some time to just sit and contemplate.
• He contemplated the meaning of the poem for a long time.
• She stood and quietly contemplated the scene that lay before her.
• At the time, the singer was at the end of a tour and contemplated going to the event.
  — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
• Few players have the skills to even contemplate such a goal, let alone the drive to achieve it.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2020
• That is a cue for the rest of us to start to look forward, and contemplate what comes next.
  — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 24 Nov. 2020
• And that gives me a great deal of pleasure to contemplate that.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
• Now, though, golf may be forced to contemplate turning the page from the Tiger era.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2021
• The film ends with Sergei contemplating his place in the world.
  — James Grebey, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
• The Spurs boarded a flight home to contemplate what’s next.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 19 May 2021
• Stay tuned to see what the denizens of late night are able to do with a little more time to contemplate.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2020
• There is no time to sit back and contemplate even for a moment.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• That may still be too painful for a lot of Minnesotans to contemplate.
  — Patrick Condon, Star Tribune, 12 Sep. 2020
• The first two episodes of The Acolyte showcase the Jedi’s hubris and their failure to even contemplate the return of the Sith as a threat.
  — Jack Francis, Vulture, 5 June 2024
• The most compelling moments are the bursts of archival footage where the younger Stones contemplate their longevity.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
• In place of the viaduct, the city has been contemplating larger parking lots.
  — New York Times, 12 Mar. 2018
• As a dad to two boys, taking a moment to contemplate the scope of the job can be a bit overwhelming for me.
  — Devonne Goode, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025
• But the Chiefs have gotten them three times running — and the idea of losing four in a row (again) is too painful to contemplate.
  — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
• The silence alone in this vast scene opens the heart to contemplating such things as life throughout the universe.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2023
• The move to contemplate housing foreign workers in cruise ships comes with a fair bit of irony.
  — Philip Heijmans, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
• The assailant was at large for eight hours and was able to leave the state to contemplate another shooting.
  — Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022
• The mural is a prayer for unity, one the refugee spends his days contemplating from behind the counter.
  — Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2018
• The Sky will have a month to contemplate the loss after completing an up-and-down first half.
  — Jamal Collier, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2021
• Kern Lima asks us to contemplate what the hiding has cost us.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
• And pace and pause and contemplate and direct visitors to the restrooms and the mummies.
  — Mary Jo Murphy, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2023
• The virtual fan idea is just too creepy to contemplate.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 14 May 2020
• The pandemic has mimicked a lot of this by forcing many of us to contemplate the state of our lives.
  — Nadia Ebrahim, refinery29.com, 12 Apr. 2021
• What better way to contemplate that question than with a film that does both?
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 July 2021
• With America out of the picture, Europe is beginning to contemplate moves that would have been unimaginable mere months ago.
  — Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
• At one point, when extraction seemed impossible, the rescuers contemplated ripping up the home’s floorboards to reach the dog.
  — Rachel McRady, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025

Last Updated: 21 Mar 2025