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Example sentences for "consequences"

Lexicographically close words:
consenting; consentingly; consentit; consents; consequence; consequent; consequential; consequentially; consequently; consequents
  1. The private theatricals at Bridgewater House were fruitful of serious consequences to me, and bestowed on me a lasting friendship and an ephemeral love: the one a source of much pleasure, the other of some pain.

  2. I hope their beneficial consequences did not end there.

  3. Agnes thought of some of the consequences of her endeavors to amuse Lewie, and sighed.

  4. No less a murderer, because the blow was struck in the heat of sudden passion, and when the brain was inflamed with wine; and no less a murderer, because it was repented of the moment given, and before the fatal consequences were suspected.

  5. It appears to this recalcitrant member--and there is much to be said for his view--that all these consequences have been highly advantageous to this country.

  6. The fearful position in which we were placed, caused me great uneasiness; the men began to sicken, and I felt assured that if we remained much longer, the most serious consequences might be apprehended.

  7. The labourer was quite right in going where he received the best remuneration for his services; but the consequences were in many instances fatal to their former employers.

  8. The consequences have been equally beneficial to the settlers and aborigines.

  9. The consequences of this interview soon appeared.

  10. When Oxford, bewildered by the consequences of his silver star being mistaken for Edward's sun, and thrown off his guard by the shouts of "Treason!

  11. The idea instantly seized her that he was searching for her, and, not knowing what might be the consequences should he discover her retreat, she determined to leave England and come over to Holland to me.

  12. Mrs. Davis and the girls also wished me good-night, but in such a cold, constrained manner that I trembled for what might be the consequences of their anger.

  13. At this point the reporter, unable to follow Henry's speech, notes that he "strongly and pathetically expatiated on the probability of the President's enslaving America and the horrid consequences that must result.

  14. The utmost care and attention are requisite, on the part of every person in the boat, when the lines are running out; fatal consequences having been sometimes produced by the most trifling neglect.

  15. The miseries of war are in themselves great and terrible, but the consequences which arise indirectly from it, though seldom known and little adverted to, are no less deplorable.

  16. It is not to be doubted but if this Failing were set in a proper Light, he would quickly perceive the Indecency and evil Consequences of it.

  17. To make the Acknowledgment of a Fault in the highest manner graceful, it is lucky when the Circumstances of the Offender place him above any ill Consequences from the Resentment of the Person offended.

  18. She felt that he would save her, not only from any possible unpleasant consequences of her escapade, but also from suffering ultimate loss by reason of her mother's foolishness.

  19. At length, ferreting on the highest shelf but one, she had the deep, proud satisfaction of the philosopher who has correctly deduced consequences from character.

  20. She knew that fate had favoured her by absolving her from the consequences of a tragic weakness and error.

  21. The consequences could not be very terrible.

  22. And there Sarah lay, not feverish but sweating with agony, terrified to move, terrified to take a deep breath, lest the disturbance of the muscles might produce consequences beyond her strength to endure.

  23. The consequences of such an indiscretion would have been in various ways embarrassing.

  24. What might be the future consequences to humanity of the existence of such monsters?

  25. But however this destructive epidemy originated, its leading features were novel, and its consequences more dreadful than the common plague of Turkey, or that of Syria, or Egypt.

  26. Colonial produce, consequences of the cultivation of, in Senegal by the French, 228.

  27. And she will not have the consequences of the 'weariful old Irish duel between Honour and Hunger judged by bread and butter juries.

  28. He set his mind on the consequences of the act of folly--the trusting a secret to a woman.

  29. More of her intoxicating wine was administered to him, in utter thoughtlessness of consequences to one who was but a boy and a friend, almost of her own rearing.

  30. He looked for a moment in despair upon this maiden walled out from sympathy by prejudices and convictions more impassable than all the mere consequences of class.

  31. Nor have the demoralizing consequences of the funding system on the more favoured classes been less decided.

  32. Or should he acknowledge his interview of yesterday with Gerard, and then leave the rest to the natural consequences of that acknowledgment when Sybil met her father!

  33. That we may live to see England once more possess a free Monarchy and a privileged and prosperous People, is my prayer; that these great consequences can only be brought about by the enemy and devotion of our Youth is my persuasion.

  34. There was so great a length that it was impossible to draw it tight without moving the spreader poles; and as the lads both thought of what the consequences would be if the line broke, the movement at the ends of the long net spread the alarm.

  35. The effort was well timed, and saved him, but of course the consequences of jumping about in a boat are well-known.

  36. Could a completer foil be devised for mankind than that the nailing of a Christ to the Cross is to save them from the consequences of their iniquitous and selfish living?

  37. Mrs. Mayhew resolved that, let the consequences be what they might, Geraldine should have some enlightenment as to Max Morrison's real character.

  38. Such consequences are to be expected from great successes in all civil wars.

  39. Our attention is at present turned to an object, which, though apparently small, promises to have consequences of some moment.

  40. Galvez, that the spirit of revolt increases, and that the conduct of the officers civil and military sent from hence, is so odious and intolerable to all classes of people, that the worst consequences are to be apprehended.

  41. The Court, alarmed at the consequences which they feared from all this, engaged M.

  42. Probable consequences of the death of the Empress.

  43. It might, however, be attended with very serious consequences if the Hollanders were to take their money out of the English funds.

  44. If it should appear, that there is any foundation for this report, you may depend on my endeavors to give the earliest and most accurate information I can obtain with respect to the causes and consequences of such an event.

  45. Bad consequences of the mutiny of the Pennsylvania line.

  46. I shall take care to give you minute and regular advice of the consequences likely to result from this event; meantime permit me to felicitate you on the acquisition of new friends.

  47. While the fatal consequences resulting from untrammelled intellectual culture, are among the surest and saddest teachings of human experience.

  48. Having fled to escape the consequences of this daring practical protest, he committed, in Milan, about 1530, the yet more unpardonable outrage of marrying a wife.

  49. Yet, had it not been for the consequences of the sufferings endured that fatal night of the flight from Schweinfurth, the aspects of the life now before them might have seemed brighter than any that had hitherto been their lot.

  50. At such times the human mind seeks to embrace a multitude of different objects at once; and it constantly strives to succeed in connecting a variety of consequences with a single cause.

  51. The individuals who regulated the consequences of the Revolution of 1830 followed his example; they merely established the perpetuity of the law in favor of another family.

  52. This similitude of nations has consequences of great importance in relation to war.

  53. Not that the human mind is there at rest--it is in constant agitation; but it is engaged in infinitely varying the consequences of known principles, and in seeking for new consequences, rather than in seeking for new principles.

  54. This depends on the particular circumstances which may promote or prevent the natural consequences of that state of society--circumstances which are exceedingly numerous; but I shall only advert to a few of them.

  55. Amongst the causes which produce these similar consequences in both hemispheres, several are so connected with my subject as to deserve notice.

  56. In several others, attempts are made to extend this rule to all associations; the consequences of such a policy, if it were successful, may easily be foreseen.

  57. The same principle governed both, though its consequences were more or less remote.

  58. He did not even speculate on the consequences to himself of the act he had decided on.

  59. Montgomery realized that the consequences of his treachery were to be swift and terrible.

  60. At the most he believed Marshall was shielding Gilmore from the consequences of a crime the gambler had committed.

  61. Mr. Gilmore probably expects to use you for his own ends regardless of the consequences to you," finished the judge.

  62. Let him but escape the consequences of his folly this time and he promised himself he would retrench; he would live within his income, he would apply himself to his profession as he had never yet applied himself.

  63. Consequences were as rice straw in the wind.

  64. I beg you to recollect that fact, because it is one I shall have to come back to by and by, and to show to what very curious consequences that rule leads.


  65. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "consequences" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.