After that, she gives up her job and spends a year in study, prayer and private reflection.

So she decided to open her home for private reflection.

For some few minutes, both gentlemen became lost in private reflection.

After the first three attempts to involve Dan in light conversation failed, I left him to his private reflections.

Virtually all the paintings in the Metropolitan's exhibition represent private reflections on the public world.

The religious art may be a more private reflection of his upbringing and his underlying principles.

"I wouldn't think he would spend any time thinking about it, even in his private reflection," one friend said.

The gentleman in dark blue and umber, after a single glance, returned to his private reflections.

Now that he has left us alone, I can convey private reflections.

Who else needed a moment of private reflection as a fish needed water or a falcon its wings?