COROLLARY in a Sentence

Learn COROLLARY 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.

Example sentences for COROLLARY, such as:

1. Now, the erring child is the corollary of the ignorant child.
2. If I claim your arguments are idiotic, then the corollary is that my arguments are intelligent.
3. The partition of Poland is a theorem of which all present political outrages are the corollaries.

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 Meanings and Examples of COROLLARY
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corollary
 n.  natural consequence or effect; result
Classic Sentence:
1  Now, the erring child is the corollary of the ignorant child.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY
2  The partition of Poland is a theorem of which all present political outrages are the corollaries.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
Example Sentence:
1  If I claim your arguments are idiotic, then the corollary is that my arguments are intelligent.