REFLECTION in a Sentence

Learn REFLECTION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
349 example sentences for REFLECTION, such as:
1. This matter is a reflection on me.
2. Counselling should encourage reflection on the past.
3. The reflection of the sun on the glass wall was blinding.
4. I reversed the entire world,only put your reflection right.
5. To read without reflection is like eating without digestion.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of REFLECTION
reflection
 n.  the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
 n.  (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It was a foggy, cloudy morning, and a dun-coloured veil hung over the house-tops, looking like the reflection of the mud-coloured streets beneath.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  "It will be for the maiden to decide," rejoined young Drebber, smirking at his own reflection in the glass.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
3  On every kind of pretext she would run away from work and go to the drinking pool, where she would stand foolishly gazing at her own reflection in the water.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
4  Mr. Hyde appeared to hesitate, and then, as if upon some sudden reflection, fronted about with an air of defiance; and the pair stared at each other pretty fixedly for a few seconds.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
5  Replacing his javelin, he resumed his seat, bent his looks downward, and appeared to be absorbed in melancholy reflection.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  "Thou speakest the truth, Malvoisin," said Brian de Bois-Guilbert, after a moment's reflection.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
7  And all the time she felt the reflection of his hopelessness in her.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
8  She looked in the other mirror's reflection at her back, her waist, her loins.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
9  She cried bitterly over this reflection when her uncle was gone; and her cousins, on seeing her with red eyes, set her down as a hypocrite.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
10  It is no reflection on you; it is no more than what the greatest admirals have all experienced, more or less, in their time.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
11  She would rather die than own the truth; and she hoped, by a little reflection, to fortify herself beyond betraying it.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
12  After a moment's reflection, Mr. Crawford replied, "I know Mansfield, I know its way, I know its faults towards you."
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
13  This was a letter to be run through eagerly, to be read deliberately, to supply matter for much reflection, and to leave everything in greater suspense than ever.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
14  After a little reflection, he went on with a sort of desperate calmness.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
15  Mr. Bumble put down his hat; unbuttoned his coat; folded his arms; inclined his head in a retrospective manner; and, after a few moments' reflection, commenced his story.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence: (139 in 10 pages)
1  The film is a reflection of the violence that pervades American culture.
2  The reflection of the sun on the glass wall was blinding.
3  I subvert the whole world just to straighten your reflection.
4  To read without reflection is like eating without digestion.
5  The increase in crime is a sad reflection on our society today.
6  Counselling should encourage reflection on the past.
7  I subvert the entire world, only to straighten out your reflection.
8  I reversed the entire world,only put your reflection right.
9  This matter is a reflection on me.
10  Graduation is a time for rejoining and is also a time for reflection.
11  Any disappointment of employers who came to recruit is a reflection of the state's tough economy.
12  Last year more than a hundred ships were hijacked by pirates in Indonesian waters, a reflection of the growing lawlessness in the rest of the country.
13  The cat felt curious when she saw her own reflection in the mirror.
14  There was a long pause for reflection, and then Tom said: "Lookyhere, Huck, less not try that thing any more till we know Injun Joe's not in there."
15  Officials admit the actual number of AIDS victims is much higher than statistics reflect.