consisted

past tense of consist

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of consisted At the time, my wardrobe consisted mostly of neon backless shirts and tank tops, and an eclectic assortment of flip-flops, both formal and informal. Alisha Fernandez Miranda, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consisted
Verb
  • Such incidents, in the past, would have had her run home, and write about them furiously in her journal, worried that forgetting them would erase the blessings corresponded to it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Surprisingly, that surge has corresponded with the team deciding to part ways with franchise slugger Rafael Devers, and several players have stepped up to fill his shoes.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That sentiment has coincided with plummeting sales of Teslas, particularly in Europe.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Williams, 92, is a Jamaican immigrant with end-stage kidney disease whose roof, parts of which are nine and 19 years old, began to leak after a period of heavy weather in late September that coincided with the passage of Hurricane Helene.
    Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The band agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit in response to the incident.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Levine Cava eventually agreed to restore the full funding, crediting rosier revenue forecasts as various county departments and independent agencies reported higher-than-expected surplus figures that could be used to pay for the nonprofit grants.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The famous Stanford Prison Experiment by Zimbardo revealed how quickly people conformed to roles of power or submission, often at the expense of empathy and fairness.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Columbia, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania have made deals with the Administration to restore their funding, and other universities have conformed to what the Administration seems to want in order to avoid becoming targets themselves.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wilson’s favorite fashion hacks are blister pads and shoe stretch spray to make shoes fit better.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • When the clothes don’t fit That’s what Chelsea Metzger did this year.
    Vivian Song, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025

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