Example Sentences

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Maybe it’s an aftereffect of spending 18 months in enforced isolation, but introspectiveness was a conspicuous feature of this edition of NYMD.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021

But what the novel loses in intimacy and introspectiveness, it makes up for in speed and breadth.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2020

“Girlhood” has the rebellious spirit of both of these films as well as a thoughtful introspectiveness of its own.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 30, 2015

Paulus says Thomas displayed just the right mix of vocal power, physical ability, and introspectiveness.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2012

Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner both praised him as a writer who brought a new tremor of feeling, a new sense of introspectiveness to the American short story.

From Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life by Anderson, Sherwood