be consequent
Example Sentences
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The mental trend was all one way, however,—pointing to a desire to escape the enforced ennui, which was sure to be consequent upon his recent exhausting contest.
From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Brinton, Davis
It may also appear to some that there would be consequent upon this system of regulating criminals a very undesirable increase of our present rather extensive system for the care of criminals.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
Receive, coldly and dispassionately, every attention, till you have ascertained and duly considered the worth of the aspirant; and let your affections be consequent upon approbation alone.
From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Brontë, Anne
Enormous eventualities would be consequent upon solving the mystery of that man’s death.
From Hushed Up! A Mystery of London by Le Queux, William
It couldn’t, he reflected uneasily, be consequent on that moonlight walk...
From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills
