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Example sentences for "reflect upon"

  • He returned to his duty, to his mother, and took back the resignation he had given the colonel, who had been prudent enough to make no use of it, that the young man might have time to reflect upon what he had done.

  • Alice, my child, think of what we have said to you; reflect upon it.

  • He hesitated only an instant, to reflect upon what he should do with his horse.

  • Before he had time to reflect upon it, a human voice reached his ears, rising high above the roaring of the torrent.

  • Don Cornelio fancied he knew the tone of this voice, but he had no time to reflect upon where he had heard it, before its owner again cried out, "Alabado sea Dios!

  • I sat down to reflect upon what I should do.

  • I had time to reflect upon my imprudence.

  • I returned home to reflect upon what Mr Masterton had told me, and I must say that I was not very well pleased with his various information.

  • You know all, that it is one thing to know a thing, or love a thing, and another thing to reflect upon it, and know that I know and love it.

  • I remember a word of Solomon’s, that imports how dangerous a thing it is for a man to reflect upon, or search into his own glory, Prov.

  • Reflect upon this: how Bahá’u’lláh upraised the standard of His Cause in prison.

  • When you wish to reflect upon or consider a matter, you consult something within you.

  • There is no intrinsic meaning in the leaves of a book, but the thought they convey leads you to reflect upon reality.

  • If we reflect upon it, we will find that establishing the divine religions has been the greatest means toward accomplishing the oneness of humanity.

  • Wagtail relative to the premature birth appearing more and more illogical each time he sate himself down to reflect upon it.

  • I will make you a proposal, which you may take time to reflect upon.

  • Think of this—ponder well upon it—and remember how much happiness will be wrecked for ever, if you persist in a course which I tremble to reflect upon.

  • I say not this, just now, so much to reflect upon you as to express my own grief; though your conscience I suppose, will make you think otherwise.

  • My lucid intervals still worse, giving me to reflect upon what I was the hour before, and what I was likely to be the next, and perhaps for life-- the sport of enemies!

  • The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression.

  • Reflect upon this, my dear, and see how it agrees with the declaration you have made to your aunt and sister, that you would not resume your estate, were you to be turned out of doors, and reduced to indigence and want.

  • I have written; and to this effect: 'That I had never intended to write another line to a man, who could take upon himself to reflect upon my sex and myself, for having thought fit to make use of my own judgment.

  • When we reflect upon what it offers to the intellectual act, we notice the same elements as in the idea of the triangle, with this single difference that the number three is changed into million.

  • And if what I have already said, or shall hereafter say of this kind, be thought to reflect upon persons, though none have been named, I know not how it can possibly be avoided.

  • I am also advised to go through a year of free study in Paris, during which time I should be able to reflect upon my future career, and also take my university degrees.

  • But by way of consolation, let us reflect upon what we have suffered.

  • He ground his teeth together, and his heart was full of bitter curses as he rode up the hill, hardly daring to reflect upon what he had done.

  • He was ill, too, and had he been in a frame of mind to reflect upon himself, he would have noticed that his heart was beating with ominous irregularity.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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