contemplative

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After the energy of the five opening songs, we hear the resonant toll of The Sacred Bell of King Seongdeok - one of Korea's national treasures - and BTS slip into a more contemplative mode.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Unlike Douglas Sirk’s beautifully photographed Technicolor melodramas of the 1950s, or the subgenre’s more narratively contemplative, weepy entries from the late ’70s, the new guard of romantic tearjerkers doesn’t have a pronounced stylistic draw.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Quiet and contemplative, he seems dry next to the charming Ohtani.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Others have focused attention on the distance between these contemplative writings and the facts of Marcus’ political career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Peter and I have both spent our contemplative years in the Annex.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank