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
• 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
• That’s, on reflection, what disturbed me most in Parabellum: the joy.
  — Wyatt Mason, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• However upon reflection, these views have started to change.
  — Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022
• For those not on automatic guffaw, the laughter builds upon reflection.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2022
• 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
• 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
• Upon reflection later that night (in the safety of two-dimensional webinar Sundance), the interaction felt telling.
  — Washington Post, 4 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
• 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
• 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
• In retrospect and upon reflection, there was an underlying offensive connection to historical atrocities.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024