How to Use reflective in a Sentence

reflective

adjective
  • She was in a very reflective mood.
  • The end of the year always puts us in a reflective mood.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2023
  • This is reflective of the normal amount of time that the drug stays in the body.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The idea of CoolSeal is to make the asphalt more reflective.
    — Dallas News, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The reflective surface of the snow and glaciers glows blue under the moon and stars.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Soft, reflective music fills the venue as a hush falls over the crowd.
    — Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • In this round up, all of the picks are reflective of these new standards.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 6 June 2022
  • Both the Steelers and the Ravens are reflective of their cities and their coaches.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The end of the year is a time for a lot of people to be reflective about the year that passed and also look ahead to the new year.
    — Brooklyn White, Essence, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Its name, which means whole in Turkish, is reflective of the brand’s ethos.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The carefree, six-pack wild child of the late 1980s is now a reflective and sober man with a middle-aged paunch and gait.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 26 May 2022
  • The baseballs were wrapped in reflective tape for the same reason.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2024
  • In the demo, the screen—finely spaced mesh with reflective paint—was 10 feet wide and 8 feet high.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 23 Feb. 2022
  • That’s not to say the film isn’t self-reflective in a cheerfully meta way.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 24 June 2021
  • This is reflective of the distinctions between the two sides to him — Monk and Lee.
    — Valerie Wu, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Harris is reflective these days, thinking about all all the twists and turns along the way.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2022
  • How much of it, though, is reflective of real-life events?
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2022
  • When asked whether his 2020 campaign killed his chances to win a statewide race in Texas, O’Rourke was reflective.
    — Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • But for some players, that price is also reflective of being able to play the game for the first time.
    — Geoffrey Bunting, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The lyrics and melody are both eerie and hypnotic, and serve as a glimpse into the self-reflective state Kish has been in.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 12 July 2022
  • Heap’s team picked ten favorites, which are reflective of the entire list, to share with us.
    — Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
  • But on Monday night, the 69-year-old took a few moments to turn reflective.
    — Cj Moore, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Perhaps my favorites are the reflective strips and a safety whistle to make kids easy to spot on the trail.
    — Karthika Gupta, Parents, 7 June 2023
  • The price offered this year may be reflective of Japan’s bouncing back from the worst of the pandemic.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The high-rise was the first reflective glass tower built in downtown Dallas.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
  • Among them was this project, resurfacing the 26.2-mile marathon course with a shiny, reflective coating meant to bounce the heat away.
    — New York Times, 15 July 2021
  • The blinding ball of white earned the moon the title of the most reflective planetary body in the solar system.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The reflective surface of glossy white kitchen cabinets bounces light around the room and makes a space feel bigger and brighter.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
  • So much of the way the film is structured is reflective of my own experience as a filmmaker.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
  • But for once, or maybe twice, Hill seemed genuinely remorseful and reflective this week.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025

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