of consequence
Example Sentences
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Only by skillfully uniting the two groups—made easier to achieve by President Woodrow Wilson’s refusal to compromise—was Lodge able to prevent ratification and mark himself as a leader of consequence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
And, yes, every action tends to have some kind of consequence, as you found out.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026
To play somebody like that, and to allow myself to be blind to the feeling of consequence and to just shoot like a rocket, that was incredibly freeing and pleasurable.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
However, a few hours later he reported that: "So far we have not seen a wave of consequence."
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
Almost every peak of consequence in New England—Washington, Lafayette, Greylock, Monadnock, Ascutney, Moosilauke—stood etched in fine relief and looked ten times closer than it actually was.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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