INTROSPECTIVE in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for INTROSPECTIVE, such as:
1. It is introspective, and I want to introspect.
2. His defeat in the world championship led to a long period of gloomy introspection.
3. Then he stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular introspective fashion.
4. He thus typified the constant introspection wherewith he tortured, but could not purify himself.
5. He picked it up and gazed at it in the peculiar introspective fashion which was characteristic of him.
2. His defeat in the world championship led to a long period of gloomy introspection.
3. Then he stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular introspective fashion.
4. He thus typified the constant introspection wherewith he tortured, but could not purify himself.
5. He picked it up and gazed at it in the peculiar introspective fashion which was characteristic of him.
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Meanings and Examples of INTROSPECTIVE
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introspective
a. looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
Classic Sentence:
1 Then he stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular introspective fashion.
2 It is introspective, and I want to introspect.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
3 He picked it up and gazed at it in the peculiar introspective fashion which was characteristic of him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
4 A very different Holmes, this active, alert man, from the introspective and pallid dreamer of Baker Street.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
5 'I think so,' murmured the Provincial Mayor; and, knitting his brows, he lapsed into an introspective state, his lips moving as one who repeats mystic words.
6 Her habit of resolutely facing the facts, in her rare moments of introspection, did not now allow her to put any false gloss on the situation.
7 Analysis and introspection might come later; but for the moment she was not even troubled by the excesses of the upholstery or the restless convolutions of the furniture.
8 He thus typified the constant introspection wherewith he tortured, but could not purify himself.
Example Sentence:
1 A renowned Tibetan lama pointed out that Westerners think people in the East tend to be more introspective and less concerned with material success.
2 Satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.
3 His introspection that afternoon reflected Mr. Obama's journey from the candidate who wanted to wind down America's overseas wars to the commander in chief who just resumed and expanded one.
4 His defeat in the world championship led to a long period of gloomy introspection.