CONTINGENT in a Sentence
Learn CONTINGENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
26 example sentences for CONTINGENT, such as:
1. Why, one who foresees all contingencies.
2. I need to examine all possible contingencies.
3. Our success is contingent upon your continued help.
4. The marshal, a Count Rostov, hasn't sent half his contingent.
5. All the places round about furnished their contingent of insects.
2. I need to examine all possible contingencies.
3. Our success is contingent upon your continued help.
4. The marshal, a Count Rostov, hasn't sent half his contingent.
5. All the places round about furnished their contingent of insects.
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Meanings and Examples of CONTINGENT
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contingent
n. a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
a. determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 This surprising event, coinciding too completely with her meeting with Dorset to be regarded as contingent upon it, had yet immediately struck Lily with a vague sense of foreboding.
2 Let us, then, look at this matter, along with some interesting items contingent.
3 The marshal, a Count Rostov, hasn't sent half his contingent.
4 But the first plunderers were followed by a second and a third contingent, and with increasing numbers plundering became more and more difficult and assumed more definite forms.
5 To his English, to the regiments of Halkett, to the brigades of Mitchell, to the guards of Maitland, he gave as reinforcements and aids, the infantry of Brunswick, Nassau's contingent, Kielmansegg's Hanoverians, and Ompteda's Germans.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
6 All the places round about furnished their contingent of insects.
7 When they entered the large common room of the inn they found assembled there about ten men from among the neighbouring population, and the group was increased by the new contingent to double that number.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
8 At the corner of Arlington Street our contingent got out and strolled into the Green Park.
9 The immediate contingency overtook him, pulled him back from the edge of the theoretical abyss.
10 She was as unconcerned at that contingency as a goddess at a lack of linen.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
11 For which reason, that can never become a perfect republic wherein every contingency has not been foreseen and provided for by the laws, and the method of dealing with it defined.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIV.
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIV.
12 Now, entering into Weyrother's plan, Prince Andrew considered possible contingencies and formed new projects such as might call for his rapidity of perception and decision.
13 Why, one who foresees all contingencies.
14 He imagined all sorts of possible contingencies, just like the younger men, but with this difference, that he saw thousands of contingencies instead of two or three and based nothing on them.
15 The longer he thought the more contingencies presented themselves.
Example Sentence:
1 Further investment is contingent upon the company's profit performance.
2 Our success is contingent upon your continued help.
3 The young heir's contingent of the estate was smaller than he had hoped for.
4 The French contingent certainly made their presence known at this year's conference.
5 All salaries are reckoned on contingent as well as on actual services.
6 Where once relative health and relative safety were sufficient, we demand absolute health and utter safety against the remotest contingency.
7 They become obsessed with trying to equip their vehicles with gadgets to deal with every possible contingency.
8 I need to examine all possible contingencies.