self-contemplation

For Roth, the novel set the template for all his work, the exquisite torture of literary self-contemplation.

Philip Roth: Still fascinated by himself | Observer profile 2011

But if this is not to become a form of self-contemplation, it is important that we constantly learn to pray by praying with the Church.

Chrism Mass in Rome [Update] 2009

The words suggest that he took great care over these passages, which he says he wrote out in long hand, and they suggest a degree of self-contemplation one doesn't encounter much in public life.

Blair and Iraq and the Duelfer report 2010

Of course I personally have concerns about the environment, but my process in making my clothing never came from contemplating the environment, but came more from self-contemplation.

Sheena Matheiken: Uniform Project Pilot Series: Aki Goto Sheena Matheiken 2010

Of course I personally have concerns about the environment, but my process in making my clothing never came from contemplating the environment, but came more from self-contemplation.

Sheena Matheiken: Uniform Project Pilot Series: Aki Goto Sheena Matheiken 2010

Of course I personally have concerns about the environment, but my process in making my clothing never came from contemplating the environment, but came more from self-contemplation.

Sheena Matheiken: Uniform Project Pilot Series: Aki Goto Sheena Matheiken 2010

In fact, most of the Vail job pool were college graduates who were still figuring out what they wanted to do in life, and thought they might as well have a good time during their self-contemplation.

Charlotte Myerberg: Making the Most of Low Unemployment in a High Altitude Charlotte Myerberg 2010

Of course I personally have concerns about the environment, but my process in making my clothing never came from contemplating the environment, but came more from self-contemplation.

Sheena Matheiken: Uniform Project Pilot Series: Aki Goto Sheena Matheiken 2010

But the Vice President has outlasted even his boss in staying tough and resisting any possibility of doubt or silly, hippy navel-gazing self-contemplation.

Phil Bronstein: Bush and Cheney Mosey Off Into the Sunset, Cowboys Till the End 2009

But after such a remarkable outing, Nabokov allowed himself about 15 seconds of self-contemplation.

USATODAY.com 2007