Sample Sentences forintrospection (editor-reviewed)
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She is not inclined towards introspection.introspection = contemplation of one's own thoughts and feelings
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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
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The place lends itself to spirituality and introspection.introspection = self-reflection
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Introspection requires you to think and analyze.† (source)
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This contradiction is lost on him, though; as a dog, introspection is not one of his strong points.† (source)
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I did not read to anyone this evening; I could not, for poetic introspection would bring me to tears.† (source)
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Raw and emotional, disinclined toward introspection, he had the kind of gregarious, magnetic personality that instantly won him friends for life; hundreds of individualsincluding some he'd met just once or twice-considered him a bosom buddy.† (source)
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He had changed since Johann's departure, often seeming too serious and introspective for his age.† (source)standard suffix: 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.
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Furthermore, in this case we have a much more specific explanation for why introspections mess up our reactions.† (source)
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She watched it introspectively.† (source)
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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.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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He thus typified the constant introspection wherewith he tortured, but could not purify himself.† (source)
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By the time I went to Keppel, I had become introspective and quiet.† (source)
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Steve stopped for a moment of introspection.† (source)
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HARRY steps away, introspective.† (source)
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When it was over, he remained still, in profound introspection.† (source)
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