introspective

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A pulsing exploration of party culture and collective movement, it's a departure from the tender, introspective ballads on her Mercury Prize-winning debut, Collapsed In Sunbeams and its 2023 follow-up, My Soft Machine.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Housel: I hope they become more introspective and more willing to look in the mirror and ask what genuinely works for them, even if it’s totally different from what social media tells them to want.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

Popular in Francophone countries, Nothomb’s book includes introspective passages with literary descriptions of the author’s feelings at that young age.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

There are evolving displays of solo and group dances, some madly driven, others intently introspective.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Grant is forty-two and Lee’s exact opposite: dark-haired and sloppy in dress, a small, introspective man who has a fondness for cigars and a close relationship with horses.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly