Sentence examples for present contemplating from inspiring English sources

Mr. Collins's gleaming surfaces, infinitesimal shadings of color, unexpected spatial shifts and juxtapositions of ruled and irregular, sharp focus and soft, all anchor the viewer in the present, contemplating the physical and perceptual facts of the thin skin of paint that the artist has set before us.

But basically, this film is: Sean Penn (we learn his character is Jack) in the present, contemplating the reverberations of his brother's death, maybe some 20 years ago to the day, and trying to work out why – on an existential, spiritual, religious level – it happened.

Now, as readers and Newsday journalists (past and present) contemplate a takeover by Cablevision — the fourth distinct regime in 13 years — they are debating whether this change means continued shrinkage, an infusion of new resources or something in between.

Considering how an animal's lifestyle defines its view of the world also helps us identify that historic moment when animals shifted from merely perceiving the present to contemplating the past and the future.

Adapted from a novel by Kaui Hart Hemming, The Descendants is about dealing with the past while confronting the present and contemplating the future.

I could see the suffering that choosing to react created in my life and quickly brought myself back to the present moment contemplating the future I wanted to create.

Indeed, most Shia leaders are reluctant, at present, to contemplate negotiating with the insurgents, for the simple reason that, as a national majority of around 60% to the Sunnis' 20% or so, they think they can win; the rougher the methods, the better.However, the influence of Shia hardliners may be waning.

In 1986, two friends from Borgo Valsugana, a small town in the Trento region, were in Samarkand, in present-day Uzbekistan, contemplating Tamerlane's tomb.

The present vaccination strategies are contemplating subunit vaccine as an alternative to traditional attenuation approach.

I conclude that the present statutory scheme contemplates that protests of returns and requests for manual recounts are first to be presented to the county canvassing boards.

He looked as though he had never been away and his sprightly reappearance will have provided Warren Gatland with the perfect Christmas present as he contemplates his 2016 Six Nations squad.