"Bush was not one given to reflection, at least not out loud.
It is emphatically not given to reflection, and certainly not to remorse.
I think that as a writer I am given to reflection and meditation, and being able to write in turn helped me meditate on this loss.
Not that any of the couple of hundred teenagers on hand minded: Brokencyde — made up of Mikl, Se7en, Phat J and Antz, all of whom contribute vocals — is not a band given to reflection.
The style that works so well to produce fluidity and grace also suggests a mind much given to contemplation and reflection on our world.
Mary's father is a vicious bully, her mother an emotionless drudge given to such reflections as "happiness never did no one any good".
As Fungus moves slowly through his day (or, I should say, his night, since Bogeys are nocturnal), he is given to such reflections as "Not to reason why... not ask questions... just keep bogling away".
Mr. Levy is not given to self-reflection.
He is not given to theological reflection.
Dad, who isn't given to self-reflection, was not.
