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Word: introspective

Definition: looking within oneself; N. introspection: self-examination


Sentences Containing 'introspective'

Then he stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular introspective fashion.
He picked it up and gazed at it in the peculiar introspective fashion which was characteristic of him.
'I think so,' murmured the Provincial Mayor; and, knitting his brows, he lapsed into an introspective state, his lips moving as one who repeats mystic words.

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