All 4 Uses
contemplate
in
The Alchemist, by Coelho
(Edited)
- The boy went back to contemplating the silence of the desert, and the sand raised by the animals.
p. 86.5contemplating = thinking deeply about
- You don't even have to understand the desert: all you have to do is contemplate a simple grain of sand, and you will see in it all the marvels of creation.
p. 131.9contemplate = think deeply about
- With every day that passed, the boy's heart became more and more silent. It no longer wanted to know about things of the past or future; it was content simply to contemplate the desert, and to drink with the boy from the Soul of the World.
p. 138.9 *
- So we contemplate each other, and we want each other, and I give it life and warmth, and it gives me my reason for living.
p. 154.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(contemplate) consider or ponder
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)