Example Sentences

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The Briton had been poised for second place behind Piastri, who had controlled the race consummately from pole position throughout a series of incidents, including briefly threatening rain.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

On the other hand, Turrell’s art externalizes light, and he can seem consummately American in offering such a literal and hedonistic version of transcendence.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2022

Grupper, an actor I’ve admired for years, turns up in “My Fair Lady” as a consummately pleasurable Alfie, he of the gruff, ale-saturated eloquence.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2019

Investigations into the scandal were still being conducted by the independent counsel Lawrence Walsh, who was, interestingly, like Robert Mueller, a consummately professional Republican who believed in the rule of law.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 4, 2019

These diplomatic people are consummately clever at pumping; their great skill consists in extracting information from others and adapting it to their own uses.

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James