How to Use consist in a Sentence

consist

verb
  • This may consist of first-year waivers for first-time customers.
    Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The plan is for Andor to consist of two seasons of 12 episodes each, and the second season will be its last.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The premiere will consist of two episodes, with three more episodes slated to air weekly.
    Ej Panaligan, Variety, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The rolling stock on the Bald Knob excursion consists mainly of gondolas once used to carry cut trees to the mill.
    Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
  • In the 1800s, an invention called the planimeter consisted of a little wheel, a shaft, and a linkage.
    Charles Platt, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
  • As before, the NWSL playoffs will consist of six teams with the top two seeds receiving first-round byes.
    oregonlive, 17 Nov. 2022
  • A normal week will consist of four to five practices with a couple of practice sessions during the course of the day.
    Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Try to eat or drink a small amount of something warm that consists mostly of healthy fats as your last meal before going to bed.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Construction of geoLagon will consist of three stages, the first of which will begin in March of next year.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The new season will consist of 10 episodes airing weekly through Dec. 15.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The weekend will consist of dry weather, with the exception of some snow showers on the coast, said the weather service.
    Shealagh Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
  • To qualify, the same game parlay wagers must consist of 4+ legs and have final odds of +400 or longer.
    cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
  • His gear consists chiefly of a Swiss Army knife and, weather permitting, an overcoat.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The West Village shop skews to a younger audience, and consists mostly of locals from the neighborhood.
    Gary Stern, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • After two hours of practice—and soccer consists mostly of running—her coach would line up the team for 30 minutes of sprints.
    Don Yaeger, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The park ultimately will consist of five areas, with three ready next month.
    Shiho Fukada, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
  • While the elephants crave the sweet flavors, and their owners need the income, a healthy diet consists mainly of different kinds of leaves and grass.
    Muktita Suhartono, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • First, dinner must consist of 12 dishes, all of them meatless.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The home slate at Gillette will consist of one preseason game and eight regular-season games.
    Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Per a release, the hotel will consist of four floors and feature 33 guest rooms, along with a restaurant, rooftop terrace, event space and ballroom.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Due to roadway design issues in the area to the north of the first phase of work, Phase 2 will consist of a two-way cycle track along the west side of the roadway, rather than putting one-way paths on each side of the road.
    Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • With only seven World Cup players on the Gold Cup roster, the team consists mostly of young players trying to earn a spot.
    Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 23 June 2023
  • One reward on a dining platform might consist of an upgrade to the chef’s table, and the NFT could have the menu and a picture of the party with the chef attached to it as a keepsake.
    Alexander Mitscherlich, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The largest system, the integumentary and adipose tissues, consists mainly of skin and fat.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2023
  • This approach stands in stark contrast to most boards at small colleges, which tend to consist of volunteers and may lack this depth of knowledge.
    Michael Horowitz, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The streaming service announced on Monday that the sophomore season will consist of 16 episodes and will be split into two parts.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The list of Palestinian prisoners Israel is willing to release in the swap consists mostly of male teenagers arrested in the past two years, with the youngest aged 14.
    Sammy westfall, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The work consists entirely of five years worth of photographs of the model shot by the famed photographer himself.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • The diet of Blue Zone centenarians consists largely of legumes, like black beans, azuki beans, soybeans, lentils, and broad beans, while meat is consumed only five times a month.
    Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2024
  • As of November 2021, the Workers Chorus consisted exclusively of Black cast members.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2024

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