CONSISTENTLY in a Sentence

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277 example sentences for CONSISTENTLY, such as:
1. The audience consisted mostly of women.
2. The movie consisted of a series of flashbacks.
3. But Hilda was consistently modest and maidenly.
4. The performance consisted of dance, music and mime.
5. He is an unskilled worker who bungles consistently.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CONSISTENTLY
consistently
 ad.  in a systematic or consistent manner
Classic Sentence: (200 in 14 pages)
1  "Of course, they must be kept down, consistently, steadily, as I should," said Alfred, setting his foot hard down as if he were standing on somebody.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  But Hilda was consistently modest and maidenly.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  He considered it necessary to sigh, but neglected to be consistently sorrowful.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In III
4  This idea tickled Jo's fancy and put her in good spirits, but Meg didn't brighten, for her burden, consisting of four spoiled children, seemed heavier than ever.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
5  we had another meal, consisting of a small mug of coffee, and half-a-slice of brown bread.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  The emperor of Blefuscu, having taken three days to consult, returned an answer consisting of many civilities and excuses.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VIII.
7  The learning of this people is very defective, consisting only in morality, history, poetry, and mathematics, wherein they must be allowed to excel.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VII.
8  And he emptied his pockets on the table, the contents consisting of a dozen gold pieces, five or six five-franc pieces, and some smaller coin.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2. Father and Son.
9  But on the following day the family from whom all these particulars had been asked received a handsome present, consisting of an entirely new fishing-boat, with two seines and a tender.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25. The Unknown.
10  It also boasted of what in Languedoc is styled a garden, consisting of a small plot of ground, on the side opposite to the main entrance reserved for the reception of guests.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn.
11  It was of a conical shape, some ten feet high; consisting of the long, huge slabs of limber black bone taken from the middle and highest part of the jaws of the right-whale.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. The Ship.
12  He has carried with him a light tackle called a whip, consisting of only two parts, travelling through a single-sheaved block.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.
13  About a block away from them there lived another Lithuanian family, consisting of an elderly widow and one grown son; their name was Majauszkis, and our friends struck up an acquaintance with them before long.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
14  It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon, or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height, which were encircled by an inner court-yard.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
15  On a shelf over the pans was a smooth and solid yellow mass of a hemispherical form, consisting of beeswax from the same take of honey.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
Example Sentence: (77 in 6 pages)
1  He is an unskilled worker who bungles consistently.
2  The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits.
3  This may indicate that the brooches were consistently worn in a particular position, but not in the same way.
4  When her labor was difficult, the doula consistently remained calm and caring.
5  Commonly, both are used consistently to help replace an undesirable behaviour with acceptable behaviour.
6  And remember that this is the only consistently abracadabra ring.
7  Pointing out that he consistently has voted against strengthening anti-pollution legislation, reporters debunk the candidate's claim that he is a fervent environmentalist.
8  One of the top pianists of today, she is a giant, consistently brilliant.
9  A device consisting of a dial and an arrow that is spun to indicate the next move in some board games.
10  In geology and earth science, a plateau is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain.
11  A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft.
12  A chord consisting of a root with its third, seventh, and ninth.
13  The audience consisted mostly of women.
14  The movie consisted of a series of flashbacks.
15  The performance consisted of dance, music and mime.