The doctor contemplated the difficult operation.

Tom said he had contemplated suicide.

He contemplated their plan.

Let's contemplate Swedish meatballs for a moment.

Beethoven's instrumental music invites us to contemplate a landscape gigantic beyond measure.

Just as it is better to illuminate than merely to shine, so to pass on what one has contemplated is better than merely to contemplate.

In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.

Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.

Have you ever contemplated suicide?

Sami contemplated suicide.