Example Sentences

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Yet the secret genius of "Your Love" is that the song never directly spells out whether the narrator consummates his crush in real life; we only get one side of the story.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2023

With “Part II,” Hogg consummates a sweeping, inward-looking masterwork, one that reexamines and in certain cases amends reality, the likes of which few filmmakers reach in their careers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2022

Most times, the ritual is all sound and fury and consummates its purpose without any actual violence.

From Newsweek • Sep. 9, 2013

But the foregoing is insufficient to explain the unparalleled power and persistence of our love which time intensifies more than it wears out, and consummates as it consumes it.

From Underground Man by Tarde, Gabriel

He consummates the sacrifice of bread and wine, blesses Abram, receives tithes from him, and then vanishes into the darkness of history.

From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)