The phrase "a time of contemplation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a period dedicated to deep thought or reflection.
Example: "After the hectic week, I decided to take a day off for a time of contemplation to gather my thoughts and plan my next steps."
Alternatives: "a moment of reflection" or "a period of introspection."
Today marks the beginning of the forty-day Christian liturgical season known as Lent, a time of reflection, contemplation, and perhaps even sacrifice in preparation for the coming of the Holy Week that culminates in the celebration of Christ's Easter resurrection.
But it is also an inward journey, a time of quiet contemplation, when, encased in an element at once hostile and familiar, I find myself at peace, able - and eager - to flex my mind, imagine new possibilities, to work things out without the startling interruptions of human voice or modern life.
For a Ninja, sleep is a time of renewal, contemplation, and rejuvenation.
Two landing craft - Landing Craft Guns, or LCGs - were battered by the elements and, on the evening of what should have been a time of quiet contemplation, were sunk within sight of the shore.
It's a time of fasting, contemplation and increased charitable giving for many of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims.
For Passover is not merely a celebration of the triumphant emancipation of the Hebrew slaves of old, it is also a time for contemplation of the basic human phenomena that seem to recur time and time again throughout history: The enslavement of one people by another, the price through which freedom is obtained and even the obscure difference between internal and external freedoms.
The minutes after turning the last page of a novel should be a time for contemplation and absorption, a time to let the words settle.
Between 300 and 400 people were at the mosque, which would have been packed for Ramadan – normally a time of piety and quiet contemplation.
