How to Use commensurate in a Sentence

commensurate

adjective

• Her new position came with a commensurate level of responsibility.
• The scope and tenor of his vision seem commensurate with the task at hand.
  — Star Tribune, 18 Jan. 2021
• But the levels of play and pay are not commensurate any longer.
  — Mark Deeks, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
• That said, the risk might be commensurate with the reward.
  — Mark Goodman, The Denver Post, 12 July 2019
• As a result, the yield on debt has jumped at a commensurate rate.
  — Vidhura S. Tennekoon, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2023
• But if justice is the goal, then the consequences have to be commensurate with the crime.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
• The rate of return should always be commensurate with the amount of risk involved.
  — Andrew Schena, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• The color of the smoke is commensurate with burning metal, too.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 29 June 2018
• The enormous stakes in the race so far have not been matched by commensurate public interest.
  — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2023
• This is commensurate with the plane’s location at that point.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2018
• This is their way of pushing back on the demands of long hours without pay that is commensurate with their efforts.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• Our girls granted us all rights of possession and a commensurate license to pry.
  — James Ellroy, Vanities, 7 Oct. 2017
• The bank has defended its profits as commensurate with the risk involved.
  — Yantoultra Ngui, WSJ, 4 July 2018
• It’s the kind of movie for which the enjoyment level is directly commensurate with the size of the audience.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2020
• Here’s the main thing: As a matter of pride, players like to be paid commensurate with their peers.
  — Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• The House has a rule that a tax cut cannot be passed without commensurate expenditure cuts.
  — George Will, Twin Cities, 25 July 2019
• The front-seat passengers sit a commensurate amount lower, with their legs out straighter.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 7 May 2023
• Being poor can involve shame, as well as a commensurate longing for pride.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 10 Apr. 2018
• The truth is that lofty public perception overwhelmed the realty of how his skill should be commensurate with his draft range.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• The bigger price on the window sticker is commensurate with its added benefits.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 10 Jan. 2020
• In the building trade, moving with the times is commensurate with moving into profit.
  — James Campbell, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
• Service is not always commensurate with the high cost of admission.
  — Patricia Escárcega, latimes.com, 27 June 2019
• Whether his pay is commensurate with his performance is a matter of debate.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2020
• But the service is commensurate — assured, agreeable and far from stuffy.
  — Anna Caplan, star-telegram.com, 30 May 2017
• There are no commensurate websites for women to stare at men’s thighs or crossed legs, let alone men’s feet or armpits.
  — Dennis Prager, National Review, 23 Jan. 2018
• Whether that will translate into a commensurate level of revenue and profits is less clear.
  — The Economist, 5 July 2018
• But none of this rising focus has prepared them for the commensurate rise of employee power.
  — Forrester, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
• Unlike a record player—or the reel-to-reel tape player—the boom box was both portable and commensurate with the scale and the volume of the city.
  — Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
• Partly, that's because many of these workers are on the job for weeks or months on end, then receive a commensurate amount of time off.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2020
• But my response would be that perhaps men and women are being paid commensurate to gross revenue.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 12 June 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024