Sentence examples for contemplating the Big from inspiring English sources

When we first meet him, Shep Knacker is contemplating the Big Escape.

For many, the word conjures up images of monks in secluded asceticism or New Age crystal-gazers contemplating the Big Sur mists.

DON DeLILLO, who as a novelist ("White Noise," "Libra") has never been shy about contemplating the big picture, has now written what he describes as "a play about the modern meaning of life's end," with the poetically ominous title "LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING".

Philosophy and contemplating the big questions were key parts of education in ancient societies, such as the Greeks.

Mr Fukui told parliament that by February he "had begun to have doubts" about Mr Murakami.At the time of his sale, the governor was contemplating the biggest decision of his career, an end to "quantitative easing", by which the BoJ had for five years flooded the banking system with excess reserves.

In nice weather I'll bring my broodje haring (herring sandwich) to a bench here and contemplate the big old sailing ships and barges anchored at the inlets.

I find a Shakespearean quality in Paley; the people are very real there on the stage, in their faded coats and crooked hair-bows and so on, but their talking is coming from a higher realm, and it has been elevated like that in order to parse and contemplate the big questions with maximal efficiency.

I go back to the Dead Christ: a passionate work of art made to help ordinary people contemplate the biggest realities of life and death.

Hateplow, 3000FPS, Jellygummies, and more have created artwork based on the same desire Galileo had to contemplate the biggest and baddest of (nearby) heavenly bodies.

Might I have been so busy e-mailing and texting my latest blood test results to everyone, and reading all the good wishes dashed off on work computers, that I would not have taken the time to contemplate the bigger issues that became the foundation of my healing?

The Runes provide a way of contemplating the 'big picture' of oneself and one's place in the world".