CONSEQUENT in a Sentence

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253 example sentences for CONSEQUENT, such as:

1. He drove too fast with tragic consequences.
2. I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
3. Nobody can envisage the consequences of total nuclear war.
4. Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences.
5. It is difficult to foresee the consequences that may arise from this action.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONSEQUENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
consequent
 a.  resulting; following as a logical conclusion
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.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
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.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIV
3  And I had heard of the death of her husband, from an accident consequent on his ill-treatment of a horse.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIX
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
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.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
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.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  d'Avrigny to superintend all the arrangements consequent upon a death in a large city, more especially a death under such suspicious circumstances.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 103. Maximilian.
8  It suddenly struck her that it might be from Lady Catherine; and she anticipated with dismay all the consequent explanations.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 57
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
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.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XII
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.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
12  He knew by heart the few lines which the colonel had written, and, consequently, nothing was lost.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE
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
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.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE HOUSE WITH A SECRET
15  For our parts, we reject this word uprisings as too large, and consequently as too convenient.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER I—THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION
Example Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
16  I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
17  Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences.
18  It is difficult to foresee the consequences that may arise from this action.
19  Nobody can envisage the consequences of total nuclear war.
20  The Government could take down the watchtowers in South Armagh with few consequences for security; it could also reduce troop numbers.
21  Not making a will can have serious consequences for the people you might wish to benefit.
22  We define education very broadly and students can study any aspect of its consequences for society.
23  Building a dam here could have unforeseeable consequences for the environment.
24  The practice had far-reaching environmental consequences.
25  He drove too fast with tragic consequences.
26  This decision could have serious consequences for the future of the industry.
27  The consequences of the radioactive leakage may not become apparent for a generation or more.
28  An economic crisis may have tremendous consequences for our global security.
29  Her investment had disastrous consequences: she lost everything she owned.
30  Her lawyer said she understood the consequences of her actions and was prepared to go to jail.