OUTCOME in a Sentence

Learn OUTCOME 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.

48 example sentences for OUTCOME, such as:

1. The outcome of the battle was indecisive.
2. Love to everlasting, the final outcome again how.
3. The outcome of their discussion is still unknown.
4. Experts say a 'yes' vote is still the likely outcome.
5. He is not very hopeful about the outcome of the interview.

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 Meanings and Examples of OUTCOME
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
outcome
 n.  result; end or consequence; result of a random trial
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1  It's the inevitable outcome of forcing ideas on to life, of forcing one's deepest instincts; our deepest feelings we force according to certain ideas.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
2  I have not pushed it to the length of getting into a box to think, but that is the logical outcome of my convictions.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3. The Problem
3  Many startling successes and a few unavoidable failures were the outcome of this long period of continuous work.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
4  Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IV
5  There were three circumstances in particular which made me think that its rare emergence above ground was the outcome of a long-continued underground habit.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In V
6  It is rare that charity and pity are the outcome of these words.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
7  There results from such concentration a passivity, which, if it were the outcome of reasoning, would resemble philosophy.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF
8  Every revolution, being a normal outcome, contains within itself its legitimacy, which false revolutionists sometimes dishonor, but which remains even when soiled, which survives even when stained with blood.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
9  A whole political school called "the golden mean" has been the outcome of this.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER I—THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION
10  It would be better to plunge into that labyrinth, to confide themselves to that black gloom, and to trust to Providence for the outcome.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES
11  But even that is nothing for you to worry about when you consider that there's nothing hanging on the outcome of this trial, and that, whatever the verdict, I will just laugh at it.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
12  It sometimes seemed to him as if the painter was using these comments to make a favourable outcome to the trial a precondition for his help, which of course would make the help itself unnecessary.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
13  Absolute acquittal is the best, of course, only there's nothing I could do to get that sort of outcome.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
14  One of these superstitions, for example, is that you can learn a lot about the outcome of a defendant's case by looking at his face, especially the shape of his lips.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Eight Block, the businessman - Dismissing the law...
15  Anatole had no notion and was incapable of considering what might come of such love-making, as he never had any notion of the outcome of any of his actions.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XI
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  Love to everlasting, the final outcome again how.
2  This book was the outcome of a tremendous amount of scientific work.
3  Corus is due to announce the outcome of a countrywide review of its business within days.
4  The outcome of the battle was indecisive.
5  Experts say a 'yes' vote is still the likely outcome.
6  The most likely outcome may be to subcontract much of the work to an outsider.
7  A successful outcome is not beyond the realms of possibility.
8  These voters often determine the outcome of statewide elections.
9  The economy is regarded as the decisive/key factor which will determine the outcome of the general election.
10  It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome.
11  The outcome of their discussion is still unknown.
12  It is impossible to predict what the eventual outcome of global warming will be.
13  He is not very hopeful about the outcome of the interview.
14  It is up to each participant to feel his way towards the consensus outcome.
15  Remember that adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome.