CONSEQUENCE in a Sentence
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253 example sentences for CONSEQUENCE, such as:
1. Mr. Rushworth's consequence was hers.
2. I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
3. In consequence, he became prickly and spiteful.
4. It was an inevitable consequence of the decision.
5. Wastage was no doubt a necessary consequence of war.
2. I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
3. In consequence, he became prickly and spiteful.
4. It was an inevitable consequence of the decision.
5. Wastage was no doubt a necessary consequence of war.
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Meanings and Examples of CONSEQUENCE
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consequence
n. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
n. the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence," returned my companion, bitterly.
2 Black-Mail House is what I call that place with the door, in consequence.
3 I met with one accident which, as it brought on no consequence, I shall no more than mention.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
4 The matter was of consequence, for great part of the domestic wealth of the Saxon proprietors consisted in numerous herds of swine, especially in forest-land, where those animals easily found their food.
5 Gurth, whose occupation, though now held so mean, gave him as much consequence in Saxon England as that of Eumaeus in Ithaca, was offended at the familiar and commanding tone assumed by the Palmer.
6 It is healed," said Ivanhoe; "it is not of more consequence than the scratch of a bodkin.
7 The wealth and consequence of the deceased Athelstane, occasioned this custom to be observed in the fullest extent.
8 If I could suppose my aunt really to care for me, it would be delightful to feel myself of consequence to anybody.
9 Miss Crawford was glad to find a family of such consequence so very near them, and not at all displeased either at her sister's early care, or the choice it had fallen on.
10 Mr. Rushworth's consequence was hers.
11 You assign greater consequence to the clergyman than one has been used to hear given, or than I can quite comprehend.
12 For her own gratification she could have wished that something might be acted, for she had never seen even half a play, but everything of higher consequence was against it.
13 The doubts and alarms as to her own conduct, which had previously distressed her, and which had all slept while she listened to him, were become of little consequence now.
14 You will find his consequence very just and reasonable when you see him in his family, I assure you.
15 She must escape from him and Mansfield as soon as possible, and find consolation in fortune and consequence, bustle and the world, for a wounded spirit.
Example Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1 Another consequence is the generation of distrust between the grassroots and the leadership.
2 The consequence was that the smaller boys spent their days in terror and suffering.
3 I wouldn't say the protection of mediocrity is the goal of regulation as much as an unintended consequence.
4 The consequence of those measures will be the best apology for my conduct.
5 In consequence, he became prickly and spiteful.
6 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.
7 The child would then assimilate this object into its already formed concept of table, with no further consequence.
8 If you play the fool, and lose a good job on consequence , you can hardly expect much sympathy.
9 As a consequence of being in hospital, Shelly decided that she wanted to become a nurse.
10 Two hundred people lost their jobs as a direct consequence of the merger.
11 Wastage was no doubt a necessary consequence of war.
12 It was an inevitable consequence of the decision.
13 The increase of slaves in the southern States, consequently, is not proportionate with the increase in the former.
14 The molecules are absorbed into the bloodstream and consequently affect the organs.
15 I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.