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Example sentences for "consequence"

Lexicographically close words:
consentient; consenting; consentingly; consentit; consents; consequences; consequent; consequential; consequentially; consequently
  1. The three-mile distance has, no doubt, become inadequate in consequence of the increased range of modern cannon, but no other can be substituted for it without express agreement of the Powers.

  2. And now while I write, and the heat of that moment is passed, I cannot but predict disaster and ruin, at least fierce and desolating wars, as the consequence of the rash act.

  3. If it could be shown to be a consequence of education, we might refer it for its origin to ingenious philosophers.

  4. In that I have told you of my journey and voyage, and have said many other things of more consequence still, both to you, Gracchus, and myself.

  5. And is it of more consequence that Fausta, the daughter of Gracchus, should die upon a bed of down, and beneath silken canopies, than that the common soldier should, who falls at her side?

  6. I said in reply that an affair of consequence had detained me, or I should have been earlier at the house of Gracchus, so as to have accompanied Fausta.

  7. It is this alone that makes his judgment--or any other man's--of consequence to us.

  8. If you suppose a spirit descends from God to proclaim divine matters, it would be the spirit that proclaims this, that spirit with which men of old were filled and in consequence announced much that was good.

  9. The historic Jesus is never of such consequence to us as when the great intellects tell us that the true and only heaven is Nephelococcygia.

  10. In consequence of this recommendation, the court, in Oct.

  11. In consequence of the numerous accidents occasioned by skaiting on the Serpentine River, measures are taking to put a top to it.

  12. She looked embarrassed for a moment, and then said: “If it is of any consequence for you to know, I shall be writing in any case to Mrs. Lavender about some little private matter.

  13. She made this offer in consequence of some talk between her husband and her father which she had overheard.

  14. They had a little rough weather on reaching Skye, and in consequence remained in harbor a couple of days.

  15. The consequence is that although we may be said to be working for the same ends, we have drawn a little apart.

  16. It is of no consequence now," she continued.

  17. He knew the consequence of giving one's reasons: eternal discussion ending in war.

  18. The consequence was, Edward raised no objection: he was full of the sale for one thing; but I suspect he was content to see his own false move pasted over on such easy terms.

  19. Yet, in consequence of this fever he had now forgotten the English tongue, and suddenly recovered the Welsh.

  20. The gospel is not merely to deliver us from the consequence of sin, but to deliver us from the power of sin.

  21. If mistrust of our ablest minds be permitted to exist, the inevitable result will be a lowering of the whole intellectual life of Catholics, and as a consequence a lowering of their moral and religious life.

  22. But the truth that flashes on us like lightning from the word of Christ is that the consequence of sin is the peril of losing our immortality.

  23. So when the second mate arrived upon the bridge, Lanyard was waiting for him; and in consequence of a second act of deplorable violence, Mr. Collison returned to the deck backwards and lay quite still while Lanyard returned to the wheel.

  24. The consequence is that the nation as a whole is going downhill.

  25. To such natures the spiritual side of sexual relations is ever present; and as a consequence of this the animal side never loses with them the atmosphere of wonder with which it was enveloped in their boyish days.

  26. Equal rights must be a consequence of this proof, and not something existing before it.

  27. However, my correspondent agrees with me that color is of no consequence in considering the question of equality socially.

  28. It was several times observed by La Reynie that 'the time mentioned by the accused is of consequence to Madame de Montespan.

  29. The hospital stands close adjacent to the town of Greenwich, which will always retain a kind of festal aspect in my memory, in consequence of my having first become acquainted with it on Easter Monday.

  30. This time the Emperor gave the alarm in grave earnest, but throughout the provinces not a man stirred, thinking the Empress was again amusing herself; the consequence was, that the Tartars entered Peking, and the imperial family was massacred.

  31. In consequence of the extreme shallowness of the water, the boat could not get within thirty feet of the shore.

  32. This infusion of new blood was, in fact, an inevitable consequence of Egypt's cruel, destructive policy in the treatment of Palestine.

  33. It was in consequence of excess of scorn for his enemy, that Sir Peter Parker, disdaining to leave such a place in his rear, resolved on its total demolition.

  34. Sugar exhibits a deep drop until 1898, rising afterwards in consequence of the war tax and the Sugar Convention; tea shows a not considerable drop.

  35. The eight hours advocates meet the objection in the following ways-- First, they deny that prices will rise in consequence of the increased aggregate of wages.

  36. It is a consequence of our fallen nature by which we are prone to evil rather than to good, find it more to our taste and easier to yield to wrong than to resist it.

  37. A moral agent is one who, in the conduct of his life, is capable of good and evil, and who, in consequence of this faculty of choosing between right and wrong is responsible to God for the good and evil he does.

  38. As a consequence of this self-illusion many a one finds himself far beyond his depth in the sea of immorality before he fully realizes his position.

  39. The consequence is that they will not understand fully the question; and if they do, will not be able to resolve the difficulty.

  40. In consequence of this state of mind, and in order to maintain peace and concord, they prefer the absence to the presence of the objects of their antipathy.

  41. Obedience is the consequence of willing to obey, and faith is the consequence of willing to believe.

  42. Seemingly satisfied with the evil they have wrought unto their own souls, they choose to ignore the wrong they may have done unto others as a consequence of their sinful doings.

  43. This state of soul is also the inevitable consequence of long years passed in sin and neglect of prayer.

  44. In consequence of this eminent dignity that is theirs, they deserve our respect.

  45. True, the loss of bodily integrity does not necessarily imply a staining of the soul; but human nature is such as to make the one an almost fatal consequence of the other.

  46. The last-mentioned article of faith was of immense consequence for the further development of Hasidism, and subsequently overshadowed the cardinal principles of the new movement.

  47. Jewish privileges were officially ratified, but, in consequence of the prevailing chaos and disorder, the rights, confirmed in this manner, remained a scrap of paper.

  48. In consequence of this independence of judgment, Solomon Luria had many enemies in the scholarly world, but he had, on the other hand, many enthusiastic admirers and devoted disciples.

  49. The final stage in the economic breakdown of the peasant was reached at the door of the tavern, and the Jewish liquor-dealer was in consequence looked upon as the despoiler of the peasant.

  50. Only very few scholars of consequence had the courage to challenge the authority of this generally acknowledged code of laws.

  51. In consequence of the defeat of the Khazars, a part of the Jewish-Khazarian center in Tauris was transferred to the Principality of Kiev.

  52. Having been weakened during the Reformation, it now renewed its strength in consequence of the Catholic reaction and the arduous endeavors of the Jesuits.

  53. In the spring of 1808 the Government of the Duchy was forced to pay attention to the Jewish question, in consequence of a petition for civil rights presented by the Jews, and in connection with the impending elections to the Diet.

  54. In consequence of this, the Audiencia did not attend at two communion feasts; these were the commemoration of the blessed sacrament in the cathedral, and the day of St. Andrew the Apostle.

  55. Sometimes, in consequence of our ignorance of the language, laughable mistakes are made in the ordering of our meals, which seem to increase the jollity of both the waiters and our party.

  56. The French Government was in a similar state of alarm in consequence of the Gertruydenberg conferences.

  57. The consequence on this occasion was that the voyagers towards the Straits of Magellan spent a whole summer on the coast of Africa, amid pestiferous heats and distracting calms, and reached the straits only in April of the following year.

  58. This certainly was not a very blasting reply, and the Spanish agents were so far from losing heart in consequence that the informal conferences continued for a long time, much to the discomfort of the Netherlanders.

  59. Going to Madras in March, the temperature of the place is of no consequence to you, except as a matter of curiosity, being in the Torrid Zone.

  60. He lost his life in consequence of a fall from the top of a ladder he had mounted to obtain a book," said Sir Modava.

  61. There is no town of any great consequence between Surat and Baroda, and this is a special express train," replied Sir Modava.

  62. The expense is a matter of no consequence to the two gentlemen; for both of them would be multimillionaires in America, though pounds don't count so numerously as dollars.

  63. The natural consequence of this irregular form of publication was a good deal of repetition in the works published.

  64. There are few persons of the time of whom less is known than of Bonaventure des Periers[183], and, by no means in consequence merely of this mystery, there are few more interesting.

  65. The further consequence of this, and of the changes of which account will be given briefly in the following book, was the alteration to a great extent of the status of the Academy.

  66. In consequence of the slowness with which prose was used for any regular literary purpose in France, verse continued to do duty for it until a comparatively late period in almost all departments of literature.

  67. One very interesting series describes the habits and regimen of Vichy, which Madame de Sevigne visited in consequence of a severe attack of rheumatism.

  68. Young as he was, he was deeply engaged in the various intrigues against Richelieu, chiefly in consequence of his affection for the celebrated Madame de Chevreuse.


  69. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "consequence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accent; account; addendum; aftermath; afterthought; appendix; ascendancy; authority; bearing; charm; chorus; clout; coda; codicil; colophon; coloring; conceit; concern; conclusion; connotation; consequence; consideration; continuance; continuation; control; core; corollary; credit; deduction; derivation; descendant; development; dignity; distillate; distinction; dominance; domination; drift; effect; elevation; eminence; emphasis; enchantment; essence; esteem; event; eventuality; exaltation; excellence; extension; fame; fate; favor; force; fruit; gist; glory; grandeur; greatness; harvest; heir; heroism; hold; idea; impact; implication; import; importance; induction; inference; influence; insinuation; interest; issue; leadership; legacy; leverage; line; lineage; magnanimity; magnetism; magnitude; majesty; mark; mastery; materiality; matter; merit; moment; nobility; notability; note; offshoot; offspring; outcome; outgrowth; overtone; paramountcy; peroration; personality; persuasion; pertinence; pith; position; posterity; postscript; potency; power; precedence; precipitate; predominance; preeminence; preponderance; pressure; prestige; price; primacy; priority; product; prominence; purchase; purport; ramification; rank; reference; refrain; reign; relation; relevance; renown; repercussion; repute; result; resultant; rule; say; scope; seniority; sense; sequel; sequence; sequitur; significance; signification; solemnity; spirit; standing; stature; status; stress; subscript; substance; successor; suffix; suggestion; sum; superiority; supplement; supremacy; sway; tenor; undertone; upshot; value; weight; worth