How to Use consequent in a Sentence

consequent

1 of 2 noun

• For decades, the more common practice has been to play those six-bar consequents twice as fast.
  — Matthew Guerrieri, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
• Another set of ideas posits that the spin occurs after scission consequent to forces such as repulsion between the protons in the fragments.
  — Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2021
• Today the motivations for the mission are murkier, the stakes are lower, and the consequent rewards don’t justify as much risk.
  — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
• Then, Carbondale become a center of second-home construction, along with the consequent build up in services, tourism, and amenities.
  — Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• Add to this the chaos due to his policing policies, the charter-school shortage and consequent long waiting list, the loss of taxpaying population, the increase in the homeless population and more.
  — WSJ, 31 May 2023
• Such a reality does not preclude the possibility of significant new operations by either side and consequent shifts in momentum.
  — Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 12 June 2023
• The complete definition must also include the signals giving rise to fear (antecedents) and objectively observable behaviors (consequents).
  — Dean Mobbs, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2019

consequent

2 of 2 adjective

• Falling sales and a consequent loss of profits forced the company to lay off more workers.
• Weather forecasters predict heavy rains and consequent flooding.
• The consequent lack of supply at a time of rising demand has raised prices.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 4 Nov. 2021
• In older times people used the first borehole as fridge to store consequent cores in there.
  — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2021
• Was this—and the consequent feeling of fraudulence—what set loose the saboteur?
  — Tom Junod, Esquire, 22 Apr. 2014
• But a reopening of economies and consequent return of workers to offices have seen demand slide from its peak.
  — Sankalp Phartiyal, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• But scientists are worried by the rapid melting of polar ice — and the consequent rise in sea levels.
  — Tom Metcalfe, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2019
• But the trend was made worse by the pandemic and consequent staff shortages in child welfare industries.
  — Katherine Landergan, ajc, 17 Feb. 2023
• He's used to employing shock value, and the consequent outrage often rolls off the backs of people here.
  — Vincent Bevins, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
• The pandemic and the consequent lockdown has slammed the world economy.
  — NBC News, 22 May 2020
• When European stocks correct, this fund will likely see a discount—and a consequent drop in its share price.
  — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
• This led to an explosion in interest and consequent plantings.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
• Where once five panels were required on the coupe's rear fender, one now does the job—with a consequent improvement in appearance.
  — William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 8 July 2023
• The message blamed Democrats for the shutdown and the consequent suspension of payments.
  — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
• Any pressure applied to part of the mat causes a distortion in the fibres and a consequent change in the amount of light transmitted.
  — The Economist, 12 July 2018
• The shares had been battered by a disastrous year earlier that saw a coup attempt, bombings, and a consequent tourism crisis.
  — Tugce Ozsoy, Bloomberg.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• These constant surprises and consequent new rules are the main shortcoming of first-wave AIs.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2019
• The consequent scandal prompted two high-profile divorces and one of the messiest breakups in royal history.
  — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 4 Nov. 2019
• The Iran war and the consequent global surge in energy prices is having a ripple effect on the war in Ukraine.
  — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
• Stay away until the crash is over and then acquire bitcoin until the next halvening and the consequent vertical rally.
  — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• Syrians hope the consequent resumption of trade with Arab countries would ease much of this economic weight.
  — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022
• The consequent Legionnaires’ outbreak caused at least 12 deaths.
  — Suzannah Weiss, Teen Vogue, 3 Apr. 2018
• Ambivalence characterized my mom’s youth, the result of upheaval and the consequent loss of mooring.
  — David Wright Faladé, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
• The decline in employment and the consequent earnings loss would mean that child poverty would only fall by 22% and deep child poverty would not fall at all.
  — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• Amid the fear of Covid-19 transmission and consequent lockdowns, the global chorus was to stay alive by staying at home.
  — Yerramalli Subramaniam, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
• The new law has local support, since the high number of tourist apartments has caused a shortage—and consequent rise in rents—in the city, but the tourism industry is not happy.
  — Lyndsey Matthews, Town & Country, 30 Jan. 2017
• But their consequent male bonding is revealed to be flimsy once Patrick loses his temper with Abel in a shocking display of rage.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2022
• Many residents of the area have reveled in the relative absence of snowfall, but the consequent smooth commuting conditions have come at a cost.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2018
• The goal of testing road signs should be the consequent number of crashes, not whether someone is emotionally aroused and cognitively loaded by the sign.
  — Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• Their consequent conversation could conclude in an agreement to revisit the timetable, staffing, and budget for the project, which could increase the odds of success.
  — Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022