How to Use conscious in a Sentence

conscious

adjective
  • Is the patient conscious yet?
  • He was fully conscious when we found him.
  • The teams are conscious of the need to make swift progress.
    Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 5 July 2020
  • Be conscious of the space around you on the dance floor.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023
  • Was that a conscious choice to not do the same trick twice?
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 May 2023
  • Most of my dreams are thought of in my conscious state of mind.
    Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Police said the male was shot in the abdomen and is conscious.
    Alison Montoya and Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati.com, 6 June 2019
  • Health conscious eaters can sub out the white rice for quinoa or spring greens.
    Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The small boats are the fruit of a conscious hostility.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The number one thing is to make the conscious decision to eat less.
    Roger Lockridge, Men's Health, 30 May 2022
  • The man was conscious when first responders got to him.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Some will be out of our conscious reach, yes — but not all.
    Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2020
  • There is still plenty to come from the conscious candy cutie.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 18 June 2018
  • The gluten-conscious may also be craving a plate of seafood from time to time.
    Dallas News, 6 July 2020
  • She had been struck in the side but was initially still conscious.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Hart says it’s a conscious choice to give fans that easter egg of his own life.
    Rivea Ruff, Essence, 17 June 2022
  • But the whole concept is to get people to think about it, be conscious about it.
    Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Does this mean the government has been called in to handle the now-conscious hosts?
    Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Feb. 2018
  • All of this means there are more products for the eco-conscious customer to choose from.
    Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2018
  • There may be not even be a conscious decision to join per se.
    Julie Chernov Hwang, Washington Post, 12 July 2018
  • Bring these people to mind in your conscious awareness.
    Shauna Springer, CNN, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The victims were all conscious and breathing at the scene, police said.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The short answer is that people seem to be getting more health conscious.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The key is to take a more conscious, active role in your consumption.
    Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The sergeant lay on the ground, conscious, with wounds to his neck, shoulder and right elbow.
    Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News, 5 May 2021
  • But a cook can tweak those favorites to be more calorie-conscious.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Johnny stayed off the fence there, made a conscious decision to move at that time.
    Louisville Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Rock purists weren’t the only ones who rolled their eyes at the wordy song titles and self-conscious lyrics.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2020
  • That being said, boaters need to be conscious of whales when in the area, Howes said.
    Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 25 July 2022
  • Xavier also has to be really conscious of the pace this game's played at.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2022

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