consign

Example Sentences

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Such were the trappings of “wealth” that consigned men to their death.

From The Wall Street Journal

Team GB's men's curlers reinforced their credentials as Winter Olympic gold medal favourites in Cortina with a statement 6-3 win over the Swedish rink that consigned them to silver four years ago.

From BBC

In a statement last week, she said: "We will not allow the blood of these dear ones to be consigned to oblivion or the truth to be lost in the dust."

From BBC

The 33-year-old didn't play for a month after that, consigned to the bench for the following five games.

From BBC

The project comes around a decade after the entire archive at St Mark's was nearly consigned to the hospital incinerator.

From Barron's