Beckoning to a pair of elder ones, who were walking up and down more quietly, he consigned the strangers to their care, sweetening the introduction by an invitation to supper, for which he would gain permission from their Warden.
Walter, as he rang for the Corporal, and consigned to his charge the unsightly parcel.
The best steed in the squire's stables was therefore appropriated to his service, and a strong black horse with a Roman nose and a long tail, was consigned to the mastery of Corporal Bunting.
In effect, we possess documents proving that the tomb was consigned to several masters during this year, 1542.
Amid general acclaim, the top-lofty, overburdened hats were consigned to a butler.
The wily resurrectionists were too sharp for them, for it was almost a matter of certainty that the body of any one who died of a peculiar disease would disappear within a few days after it had been consigned to the grave.
Of course they knew nothing of her: but her heart-rending sobs indicated that she was lamenting the death of some loved one whose body had been consigned to its kindred earth.
We saw there, too, another day, the clock on exhibition for a time before being consigned to its destined place at Beauvais.
In less than an hour we were temporarily settled in our new quarters, our rescued trunks consigned to the little bed-room, our heart-felt gratitude in the possession of the Good Man.
Our pleasant acquaintance of the golden locks forsook his own boxes, and bundles, and innumerable belongings to look for our baggage, and saw us safely consigned to one of the dingy cabs in waiting.
The landlady turned to him: "O, here is the good man to whose care you were consigned by X.
By what stroke of good fortune we and our belongings were consigned to one and the same cab, in the confusion and terror of the moment, we did not know at the time.
I were consigned again, with singular appropriateness, to what had been the chapel.
Menelaus is wounded, and Agamemnon having consigned him to the care of Machaon, goes forth to perform the duties of commander-in-chief, in the encouragement of his host to battle.
Thereby it was made known to them that the charter had really been consigned to the magistrates by the late departed one and confided to them scrinio rei publicæ, likewise that he had been in his right mind on the day of the consignment.
They duly and properly requested of the magistrates the charter consigned to the latter by the late Kabel, and asked for the opening of the will.
The wounded were transported to the abbey and consigned to the care of the monks, who attended to them as well as to the wounded among the besieged.
Amiel, the mayor of Aurignac, who was ignorant of their value, and consigned to the parish cemetery.
As in the previous epoch, the dead were consigned to the same kind of caves as were used for habitations, and the entombment was celebrated by the funeral-feast.
It is my view that they both had consigned me to petrification under Sir Charles Russell, and finding me alive and kicking, thought me too tough to expire under such coups de grace as they could inflict.
Bully Larkin challenged the heroic youth, whose pretty face he had privately consignedto the mangling and bloody discipline he was himself so capable of administering.
Seymour tore up his handkerchief for bandages, and the monkey was consigned to the care of a native.
The bodies of the dead in the shealing were consigned to the earth as they lay, the four walls composing a mausoleum where animosity was buried.
He was therefore consignedto the charge of the gunner.
My grandmother's remains were consigned to an old family vault, not far from the river.
So, unable to help myself, with great remorse at another separation, on the following day I consigned my companion, with several Wanguana, to the care of my friend Rumanika.
Even at an inn the poor man is never spurned from the door, and if not harboured, is at least dismissed with fair words, and consigned to the mercy of God and his mother.
Convinced that Mr. Poynter's eyes were upon her from the hay-camp, Diane read the ode with absolute gravity and consigned it to the fire.
There was some little difficulty in persuading Aunt Agatha of the truth of this, but she presently removed her hat, narrowly escaped dropping it into the fire, and consigned it, along with the athletic hand bag, to Johnny.
They were sadly battered and he consigned them to a queer old wood-carver to patch up.
Why he weakened and consigned the secret to paper--how or when he hid it in an ancient candlestick in the home of Norman Westfall, remains shrouded in utter mystery.
Old Roger, who had consigned the buckboard and horses to a tall awkward country lad who had slouched forward from the shadows, hurried off to light the fire in the lodge.
He promptly consigned it to the other well with a shrug.
The mule-driver consigned the care of his mules to Philip and scrambled down the grassy bank to the edge of the water.
An aged negro appeared from certain shadows to which Philip had lazily consigned him.
The old Palazzo passed into other hands, and after a short period of private ownership was consigned to the purposes of an Art Gallery.
Murray for £2100, after some negotiations with Longman, and consigned it to the publisher's hands.
Well, you see how it is, Eva; she consigned to me the commission which she would have whispered to one of her slaves.
As for Adele, she was consigned to a lady who had once been a celebrated prima donna, with whom she was to pursue her studies, although still residing under the paternal roof.
Thus re-animated with a sense of her duty, she completed the triumph of her integrity over temptation, more forcible than any she had ever known, and consigned the papers to the flames.
The circumstances under which they were consigned to the slave-ship evince the wretchedness of their condition in their native country, where they were the victims of idolatry, barbarism, and war.
This action aroused much indignation in the city, and the people grew incensed when the command was again given to confiscate the bullion consigned to merchants of Seville.
When the beasts are consigned to buyers at a long distance from the ranche, they are conveyed by rail in strong boxes.
The letter was immediately consigned to his care, with an exhortation to deliver it as soon as possible into the hands of Sheikh Salem, and a good backshish as a weight to impress it on the memory.
The messages are chiefly received from vessels with cargoes consigned to Sharpness, which in neap tides have often to lie in the roads for days.
His fury was unbounded, and he consigned all and sundry to Hades.
At last, being overcome with fatigue, the unhappy Prince was carried away senseless from the piteous remains of his most dear Inez, and they were consigned to the grave.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "consigned" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
