CONSTITUTION in a Sentence

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181 example sentences for CONSTITUTION, such as:
1. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution.
2. Any reform will destroy and pervert our constitution.
3. These rights are established in the federal constitution.
4. Brazil's constitution forbids the military use of nuclear energy.
5. The concept of individual liberty is enshrined in the constitution.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CONSTITUTION
constitution
 n.  the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states
Classic Sentence: (133 in 9 pages)
1  As he stood, he leaned upon his weapon for support, and yet his tall figure and the massive framework of his bones suggested a wiry and vigorous constitution.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2  His iron constitution enabled him to work morning and evening at improving and tilling his lands.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
3  He soon realized that even his iron constitution could not stand the incessant strain which he was putting upon it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
4  Utterly heedless of the wear and tear of her clothes and constitution, and adamant to her pathetic sneezes, Mr. Bounderby immediately crammed her into a coach, and bore her off to Stone Lodge.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III
5  The situation of the inferior gentry, or Franklins, as they were called, who, by the law and spirit of the English constitution, were entitled to hold themselves independent of feudal tyranny, became now unusually precarious.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  Yet such was the virtue of Miriam's balsam, or such the strength of Ivanhoe's constitution, that he did not sustain from the hurried journey that inconvenience which his kind physician had apprehended.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
7  It can be but for a fortnight," said Henry; "and if a fortnight can kill her, she must have a constitution which nothing could save.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
8  It is a part of an Englishman's constitution.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
9  For countless years I judged there had been no danger of war or solitary violence, no danger from wild beasts, no wasting disease to require strength of constitution, no need of toil.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IV
10  But not to suggest more obvious reasons, it may be that they are kept silent by the very constitution of their nature.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
11  And yet, by the constitution of his nature, he loved the truth, and loathed the lie, as few men ever did.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
12  Donavan says there is nothing materially to be apprehended; her constitution is a good one, and her resolution equal to any thing.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37
13  If it had been in my constitution to be a lighter grubber, I might ha got into lighter trouble.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XL
14  Not that Trabb's boy was of a malignant nature, but that he had too much spare vivacity, and that it was in his constitution to want variety and excitement at anybody's expense.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIII
15  He was double my mother's age when he married, and of but a delicate constitution.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
Example Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1  The president agreed to amend the constitution and allow multi-party elections.
2  The American constitution was planned; the British constitution evolved.
3  The present constitution gives supreme authority to the presidency.
4  The lack of a written constitution is a peculiarity of the British political system.
5  No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law.
6  Parliament remains the central institution of the constitution of the United Kingdom.
7  The concept of individual liberty is enshrined in the constitution.
8  The president has promised a new constitution and the creation of democratic power structures.
9  These rights are established in the federal constitution.
10  The courts struck down local segregation laws because they violated the federal constitution.
11  The nation's constitution provided a model that other countries followed.
12  The movement to change the union's constitution is slowly gathering momentum.
13  Brazil's constitution forbids the military use of nuclear energy.
14  Its constitution allows it to publish contracts and practice notes only where these have been approved unanimously by the constituent bodies.
15  Any reform will destroy and pervert our constitution.