Example Sentences

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She said she had wanted to play the incidents down, and that she was not even sure at the time if they had constituted a penal offence.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

Palestinians had constituted a large majority of the pre-war population.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Ten to fifteen thousand Chinese laborers had constituted the bulk of the workforce on the western side of what was the greatest infrastructure project the nation had ever attempted.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2019

In this respect, “White Christian America” had constituted a visible mainstream, a set of aspirations, a shared touchstone for our “democracy of manners.”

From The New Yorker • Jul. 18, 2016

This wealth was at present owned by a child eight years of age, the daughter whom the late Count had constituted his sole heiress.

From Saint Michael A Romance by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)