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contemplate - use in sentences
Object
- divorce: Episode 17 In which the bride contemplates divorce and other catastrophes.
- mystery: This is what St. Ignatius Loyola intended and desired when he taught his pupils to contemplate the Mysteries of the Life of Christ.
- marriage: Cecil, a successful novelist living comfortably with his fussy butler, is contemplating marriage.
Modifying Another Word
- seriously: Julius Caesar was the first Roman leader to contemplate seriously the invasion of the British Isles.
- even: Stuck up cow I can't even contemplate sharing a bathroom with someone, let alone a single bedroom.
Used with why or when
- what: They did not even want to contemplate what the situation was now.
Modifying Another Word
- before: The sheer size of this has never been seen before, never been contemplated before.
Present participle complement
- travel: Please do so if you are contemplating traveling some distance.
- buy: Second Hand Many people wishing to buy drums contemplate buying second-hand.
- join: But, one wonders: Why did they ever even contemplate joining BUFORA in the first place?
Preposition: by
- agreement: Xbridge will only use the information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and as contemplated by this agreement.
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