MEDITATE in a Sentence

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174 example sentences for MEDITATE, such as:

1. I meditate in order to relax.
2. The definitive, meditate upon that word.
3. Especially when you are meditating devilment.
4. To meditate on the Shadow is a serious thing.
5. None but a fiend could meditate such a vengeance.

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 Meanings and Examples of MEDITATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
meditate
 v.  dwell on anything in thought; think seriously; keep the mind fixed upon; purpose; intend
Classic Sentence: (163 in 11 pages)
1  At one's feet that which can be cultivated and plucked; over head that which one can study and meditate upon: some flowers on earth, and all the stars in the sky.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED
2  Then he took possession of himself: he set his elbows on the table, leaned his head on his hand, and began to meditate in the dark.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
3  To meditate on the Shadow is a serious thing.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW
4  What caused him to meditate deeply, and almost reflect, were two cheerful sounds.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS
5  The definitive, meditate upon that word.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—A HEART BENEATH A STONE
6  But they had reached a moment when each man has not the time to meditate on his own death.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXII—FOOT TO FOOT
7  It was evening when I arrived, and I retired to a hiding-place among the fields that surround it to meditate in what manner I should apply to you.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
8  I broke from the house angry and disturbed and retired to meditate on some other mode of action.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
9  None but a fiend could meditate such a vengeance.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
10  Mrs. Bird cast a glance at a camphor-bottle, which stood in the half-open closet, and appeared to meditate an approach to it, but her husband interposed.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  He too gazed at the pale disc of the moon, now nearly veiled, and seemed to meditate.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
12  At this spot I love to meditate, as I watch the sunset; it suits a recluse like me.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
13  Especially when you are meditating devilment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
14  She was meditating upon walnut fudge, the plays of Brieux, the reasons why heels run over, and the fact that the chemistry instructor had stared at the new coiffure which concealed her ears.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
15  As she marched up the street she was meditating that it didn't hardly seem like it was possible there could be so many folks all in one place at the same time.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  He that can read an meditate will not find his evenings long or life tedious.
2  I meditate in order to relax.
3  For me the reason to meditate is to clear my mind, as well as to become keen to intuition.
4  These exercises helped the monks gain stamina to withstand the long meditation sessions.
5  Despite his desire to achieve nirvana, the young Buddhist found that even the buzzing of a fly could distract him from his meditation.
6  Too often we think that meditation is only about training the mind, and that actually can lead to problems in our practice.
7  Techniques of deep meditation help people under stress.
8  Reading makes a full amn, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.
9  Many busy executives have begun to practice yoga and meditation.
10  On the day her son began school, she meditated on the uncertainties of his future.
11  Music can induce a meditative state in the listener.