THOUGHTFUL in a Sentence

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1. My thoughts are deep into you.
2. I'm trying to think positive thoughts.
3. He was very thoughtful and very merry.
4. She remained thoughtful, and began her work.
5. I was stimulated to examine my deepest thoughts.

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 Meanings and Examples of THOUGHTFUL
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thoughtful
 a.  considerate; having intellectual depth; giving close attention
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He seemed to read it attentively, then tossed his head, and remained thoughtful for a moment.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
2  Jean Valjean was of that thoughtful but not gloomy disposition which constitutes the peculiarity of affectionate natures.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN
3  All of a sudden he stooped down, removed his shoes and placed them softly on the mat beside the bed; then he resumed his thoughtful attitude, and became motionless once more.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED
4  He had gray hair, a serious eye, the sunburned complexion of a laborer, the thoughtful visage of a philosopher.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
5  She remained thoughtful, and began her work.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS
6  All these groups seem to the passing and thoughtful observer so many sombre hives where buzzing spirits construct in concert all sorts of dark edifices.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
7  The man had placed his elbows on the table, and resumed his thoughtful attitude.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
8  Cosette's eyes were wide open, and her thoughtful air pained Jean Valjean.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA
9  We blame the church when she is saturated with intrigues, we despise the spiritual which is harsh toward the temporal; but we everywhere honor the thoughtful man.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW
10  This pale child of the Parisian faubourgs lives and develops, makes connections, "grows supple" in suffering, in the presence of social realities and of human things, a thoughtful witness.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—HE MAY BE OF USE
11  These groups, warmly illuminated by the full glow of midday, or indistinctly seen in the twilight, occupy the thoughtful man for a very long time, and these visions mingle with his dreams.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS
12  He was learned, a purist, exact, a graduate of the Polytechnic, a close student, and at the same time, thoughtful "even to chimaeras," so his friends said.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
13  He was very thoughtful and very merry.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VI—TAKEN PRISONER
14  She appeared to be thoughtful and did not look at him.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS
15  The first form seemed to be some elderly bourgeois, who was bent and thoughtful, dressed more than plainly, and who was walking slowly because of his age, and strolling about in the open evening air.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
Example Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
16  She used cognitive therapy on her client to try to inhibit those negative thoughts which were damaging his self-esteem.
17  My thoughts are deep into you.
18  Your thoughts, beliefs and choices determine, to a large extent, your state of being happy or unhappy.
19  You are in my thoughts every minute of the day, in my dream every hour of the night.
20  A hug distance is exactly right for me when thoughts freeze.
21  I was stimulated to examine my deepest thoughts.
22  Just give me a moment to order my thoughts, and then I'll explain the system to you.
23  I am treasuring up my thoughts of this happy time to give me joy in the future.
24  Ludicrously irrelevant thoughts swarmed in her head.
25  In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages.
26  If we didn't have stupid thoughts, we'd have no interesting thoughts at all.
27  She was trying to get her thoughts back into some semblance of order.
28  I'm trying to think positive thoughts.
29  Before going on stage, I breathe deeply and think positive thoughts.
30  In the season of joy I present my sincere wishes and kind thoughts.