Sample sentences for INTROSPECTION

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Definition

the contemplation of one's own thoughts and feelings

She is not inclined towards introspection.

introspection = contemplation of one's own thoughts and feelings

She encouraged both of them to be introspective about how their own assumptions and attitudes might contribute to the conflict.

introspective = thoughtful about one's own thoughts and feelings

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)

The place lends itself to spirituality and introspection.

introspection = contemplation of one's own thoughts and feelings

This contradiction is lost on him, though; as a dog, introspection is not one of his strong points.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
He was introspective and brooding when he entered the room.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline

Yet, after a bout of self-introspection, I realized that though I resented him for treating me the way he did, I also felt worried for Derek.
Bella Forrest -- A Shade of Vampire
ROS: A compulsion towards philosophical introspection is his chief characteristic, if I may put it like that.
Tom Stoppard -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
I did not read to anyone this evening; I could not, for poetic introspection would bring me to tears.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Notebook
Mostly she's quiet and introspective these days.
Melody Carlson -- Becoming Me

A period of introspection, a space of retrospection, then a mixture of both.
Zora Neale Hurston -- Sweat
Charles Halloway, citizen, father, introspective husband, nightwanderer, and janitor of the town library.
Ray Bradbury -- Something Wicked This Way Comes

Introspection would be easy as a dual-edged sword.
Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
Introspection is the more usual word to express the analytic self-searching so common in these days.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
I was very unaccustomed to introspective, confessional silences any time during the day, but Iwas especially suspicious of morning quiet.
Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide

But I see I am becoming unduly introspective, and in a rather morose sort of way at that.
Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day

In part, she thought that the break in Oak Creek Canyon had given her too much time for introspection.
Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it.
Eudora Welty -- One Writer's Beginnings

Mother was not an introspective person, King, but she faded away after the Orkneys had killed father and Lamorak.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King

Miriam had not much to do, so she found time for her beloved reading, and for writing little introspective pieces which interested her.
D.H. Lawrence -- Sons and Lovers

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.
Edith Wharton -- The House of Mirth

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