Example Sentences

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On the latter, Abts plays with a fury fit for the rage of the lyrics, and Haynes takes the mid-song breakdown from contemplativeness with bluesy licks into full blown rage.

From Salon • May 16, 2019

Germany’s “lay and display” toilets, which allow excrement to rest on an exposed shelf for inspection before being suctioned away, reveal a blend of conservatism and contemplativeness.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2018

I think baseball management needs to work to restore some of the contemplativeness of baseball.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2018

Frederick Law Olmsted, for instance, wrote that curved streets “imply leisure, contemplativeness, and happy tranquility,” while straight streets connote “eagerness to press forward, without looking to the right or left.”

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013

John Craik was dotting his i’s with the contemplativeness of artistic finish.

From The Grey Lady by Merriman, Henry Seton