Sample Sentences for
reflection
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(editor-reviewed)

reflection as in:  my reflection in the mirror

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I was looking at my reflection in her sunglasses.
reflection = image
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    She looked at her reflection in the pond.
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    This mirror gives a flattering reflection that makes you look a little thinner.
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    Crow stiffened as she stared at her distorted reflection in the shining silver.  (source)
    reflection = image (as shined back by a smooth surface)
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    He stops me before I can look at my reflection.  (source)
    reflection = image (as shined back by a smooth surface)
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    They drank, lowering their flat heads, meeting their own reflections in the still water.  (source)
    reflections = images (seen on a mirror or other shiny surface)
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    Sorry, I've just never been allowed to stare at my reflection for this long.  (source)
    reflection = image (seen on a mirror)
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    He could see the reflections of the trees at the other end of the lake.  (source)
    reflections = images (seen on a mirror or other shiny surface)
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    He pulled the cloak over his head and his reflection vanished completely.  (source)
    reflection = an image (seen on a mirror or other shiny surface)
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    There was a dim sheet of water no longer overshadowed, and on its sliding surface there were dancing and broken reflections of clouds and of stars.  (source)
    reflections = images (seen on a mirror or other shiny surface)
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    I wasn't looking at him directly but at his reflection in the mirror.  (source)
    reflection = image
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    Arriving in the late afternoon, Sydelle Pulaski looked up and saw only the dim, warped reflections of treetops and drifting clouds in the glass face of Sunset Towers.  (source)
    reflections = images (seen on a shiny surface)
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    There was a reflection of Judith's excitement in his own pale face.  (source)
    reflection = image as seen on a mirror--figuratively
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    The big glass windows here were lidded eyes that didn't care—that barely saw them, barely gave them back reflections.  (source)
    reflections = images (seen on a shiny surface)
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reflection as in:  lit by the reflection

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    Sunlight reflections played upon the palm leaves above the lagoon.
    reflections = light seen after it bounces off a surface to another
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    Radar works by recognizing the reflection of radar waves off of objects.
    reflection = the process of bouncing light, sound, or other energy off of a surface
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    Those are no possum's eyes, I know their glassy reflection too well.  (source)
    reflection = shine
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    Once he caught sight of a flash of gold, but it was just a reflection from one of the Weasleys' wristwatches,  (source)
    reflection = light seen bouncing off a surface
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    The ceiling swam with bright reflections, and sunlight streamed across the dusty, chip-strewn floor.  (source)
    reflections = light that bounced off a surface
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    The steps bent around the corner, and as he shone his light, an odd reflection glinted back, and then, a moment later, he saw it: a car!  (source)
    reflection = light seen bouncing off a surface
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    They could no longer see the palms of the oasis—only the gigantic moon above them, and its silver reflections from the stones of the desert.  (source)
    reflections = light that bounced off a surface
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    We were on Tenth when a siren came on behind us and I saw the reflection of the red light flashing in the windshield.  (source)
    reflection = light seen bouncing off a surface
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    Then he sat carefully on a fallen trunk near the little cliff that fronted the lagoon; and the tangled reflections quivered over him.  (source)
    reflections = light that bounced off a surface
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    Even Finny seemed to color a little, unless it was the reflection from his pink shirt.  (source)
    reflection = colored light bouncing off a surface and shining onto another
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    The palms that still stood made a green roof, covered on the underside with a quivering tangle of reflections from the lagoon.  (source)
    reflections = light seen after bouncing off a surface to another
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    The eastern sky above the firs was flushed faintly pink from the reflection of the west, and Anne was wondering dreamily if the spirit of color looked like that, when she saw Diana come flying down through the firs, over the log bridge, and up the slope, with a fluttering newspaper in her hand.  (source)
    reflection = light seen after it bounces off a surface to another
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    Normally the underside of the green roof was lit by a tangle of golden reflections, and their faces were lit upside down—like, thought Ralph, when you hold an electric torch in your hands.  (source)
    reflections = light seen after bouncing off a surface to another
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reflection as in:  is a reflection of American values

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    The failure is a reflection of a broken system.
    reflection = representation or demonstration
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    The restaurant's popularity is a reflection of the growing interest in healthy eating.
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    This incident is an isolated failure and not a reflection of our ideals or the behavior of our thousands of employees.
    reflection = representation, demonstration, or expression
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    Aren't you the one who's always going on about cinema as a reflection of life?  (source)
    reflection = representation or expression
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    I search his eyes for any sign of hurt, any reflection of the agony of torture.  (source)
    reflection = expression or demonstration
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    DANFORTH—it is the reflection on himself he resents: I am sure of it, Marshal.  (source)
    reflection = indication or demonstration (of character or competence)
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    What deceived me was my own happiness; for peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me.  (source)
    reflection = expression or demonstration
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    I regard you highly, Mameha-san, but it's a poor reflection on you to recommend her to me.  (source)
    reflection = indication or demonstration (of character)
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    She used the same tone, but to her the unrest seemed deeply personal, a reflection of what had been going on within her heart for years.  (source)
    reflection = demonstration or expression
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    It is not worth minding. It is no reflection on you; it is no more than what the greatest admirals have all experienced, more or less, in their time.  (source)
    reflection = indication of quality
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    "I do not censure her opinions; but there certainly is impropriety in making them public." "Do not you think," said Fanny, after a little consideration, "that this impropriety is a reflection itself upon Mrs. Crawford, as her niece has been entirely brought up by her?"  (source)
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reflection as in:  After reflection, I think...

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Upon reflection, I should have been more patient with her.
reflection = careful thought
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    I need more time for reflection.
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    The tale was quickly told, but it awakened various trains of reflection.  (source)
    reflection = thought
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    "Well now, you must mean the Avenue," said Matthew after a few moments' profound reflection.  (source)
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    Long days, spent mostly still locked inside Mammal's apartment, brought much reflection.  (source)
    reflection = thought
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    "What a pity," he added, after an instant's reflection, "that she should have been in such hands!"  (source)
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    He too, at first, seemed disposed to refuse; but, after some reflection, he granted me the privilege, and proposed the following terms: I was to be allowed all my time, make all contracts with those for whom I worked, and find my own employment; and, in return for this liberty, I was to pay him three dollars at the end of each week; find myself in calking tools, and in board and clothing.  (source)
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    "Gentlemen," exclaimed d'Artagnan, whom reflection never abandoned, "gentlemen, think of what you are about."  (source)
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    After two hours of smoking and hard reflection Matthew arrived at a solution of his problem.  (source)
    reflection = careful thought
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    Accordingly I hid myself in some thick underwood, determining to devote the ensuing hours to reflection on my situation.  (source)
    reflection = thought
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    It was an alternative worth considering, but upon reflection we both realized that it would alert Moody to the fact that I had secret friends.  (source)
    reflection = careful thought
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    As a general reflection on Fanny, Sir Thomas thought nothing could be more unjust,  (source)
    reflection = thought
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    You never stop to think—whatever comes into your head to say or do you say or do it without a moment's reflection.  (source)
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    The interval was, consequently, spent in inaction; his grief only became more deep and rankling when he had leisure for reflection, and at length it took so fast hold of his mind that at the end of three months he lay on a bed of sickness, incapable of any exertion.  (source)
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reflection as in:  a humbling reflection (memory)

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In this passage, the author shares some of her reflections on life as a waitress.
reflections = memories and thoughts about them
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    When I retire I want to slow down, reflect, and possibly write a book with some of my reflections.
    reflections = memories and thoughts
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    Ideas were too similar to reflection, and my reflections were always of the expression on my father's stretched face the moment before he'd fled from me.  (source)
    reflection = thoughts and memories of the past
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    Still, I'll never be good at it and I assure you it is a humbling reflection.  (source)
    reflection = thoughtful observation
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    My reflections were so consuming, I didn't even realize that I'd been mulling them over until well past two in the morning.  (source)
    reflections = thoughts
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    "As to that," cried d'Artagnan, after a moment of reflection, "I shall surmount it, be assured."  (source)
    reflection = thought
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Such were my reflections as I commenced my journey; but as I proceeded, my spirits and hopes rose.  (source)
    reflections = thoughts
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    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.  (source)
    reflection = thought
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    Yet my reflections were not the most comfortable.  (source)
    reflections = thoughts
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    He did not stop to analyze his own emotions, but he had an inkling that once this strange situation was ended he would have food for reflection.  (source)
    reflection = thought
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    They looked as much alike as reflections in a mirror.†  (source)
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    The second commissary was as much bewildered as the first had been by the simple and firm declaration of the Musketeer, upon whom he was anxious to take the revenge which men of the robe like at all times to gain over men of the sword; but the name of M. de Treville, and that of M. de la Tremouille, commanded a little reflection.  (source)
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    He especially liked to look at the trees and their reflections in the river.†  (source)
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    At length Athos, after serious reflection and becoming more pale than usual, made a sign of assent to d'Artagnan, who by it understood he was at liberty to speak.  (source)
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