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253 example sentences for CONSEQUENT, such as:
1. In consequence, he became prickly and spiteful.
2. It was an inevitable consequence of the decision.
3. Wastage was no doubt a necessary consequence of war.
4. His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.
5. Two hundred people lost their jobs as a direct consequence of the merger.
2. It was an inevitable consequence of the decision.
3. Wastage was no doubt a necessary consequence of war.
4. His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.
5. Two hundred people lost their jobs as a direct consequence of the merger.
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Meanings and Examples of CONSEQUENT
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consequent
a. following or accompanying as a consequence
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He imagined, and calmly could he imagine it, that her extravagance, and consequent distress, had obliged her to dispose of it for some immediate relief.
2 But there was a calm, a rest, a virtuous hush, consequent on these examinations of our affairs that gave me, for the time, an admirable opinion of myself.
3 And I had heard of the death of her husband, from an accident consequent on his ill-treatment of a horse.
4 She's at school, sir,' said Mr. Peggotty, wiping the heat consequent on the porterage of Peggotty's box from his forehead; 'she'll be home,' looking at the Dutch clock, 'in from twenty minutes to half-an-hour's time.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
5 These were, I shortly found, connected almost solely with the dusty nature of the job, and of the consequent thirst engendered in the operators.
6 After the involuntary shrinking consequent on the first nauseous whiff, we one and all set about our work as though that loathsome place were a garden of roses.
7 d'Avrigny to superintend all the arrangements consequent upon a death in a large city, more especially a death under such suspicious circumstances.
8 It suddenly struck her that it might be from Lady Catherine; and she anticipated with dismay all the consequent explanations.
9 They arose from the unsettling of the minds of the masses, and the consequent weakening of all authority.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
10 The absence of suffering, the satisfaction of one's needs and consequent freedom in the choice of one's occupation, that is, of one's way of life, now seemed to Pierre to be indubitably man's highest happiness.
11 Certainly these figures show the small amount of accumulated capital among the Negroes, and the consequent large dependence of their property on temporary prosperity.
12 He knew by heart the few lines which the colonel had written, and, consequently, nothing was lost.
13 Equal partition abolishes emulation; and consequently labor.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
14 Thanks to clever purchasers of land, the magistrate had been able to make a secret, sewer-like passage on his own property, and consequently, without interference.
15 For our parts, we reject this word uprisings as too large, and consequently as too convenient.
Example Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1 His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.
2 The increase of slaves in the southern States, consequently, is not proportionate with the increase in the former.
3 The molecules are absorbed into the bloodstream and consequently affect the organs.
4 Another consequence is the generation of distrust between the grassroots and the leadership.
5 The consequence was that the smaller boys spent their days in terror and suffering.
6 I wouldn't say the protection of mediocrity is the goal of regulation as much as an unintended consequence.
7 The consequence of those measures will be the best apology for my conduct.
8 In consequence, he became prickly and spiteful.
9 Even when that weather was broken, and continuous rain set in for some days, no damp seemed cast over enjoyment: indoor amusements only became more lively and varied, in consequence of the stop put to outdoor gaiety.
10 The child would then assimilate this object into its already formed concept of table, with no further consequence.
11 If you play the fool, and lose a good job on consequence , you can hardly expect much sympathy.
12 As a consequence of being in hospital, Shelly decided that she wanted to become a nurse.
13 Two hundred people lost their jobs as a direct consequence of the merger.
14 Wastage was no doubt a necessary consequence of war.
15 It was an inevitable consequence of the decision.