Example Sentences

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Such questions would have constituted a serious breach in human decorum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

A month later, they issued similar findings in response to Hatcher’s complaint, noting that Bohn’s behavior “may have constituted evidence of a violation of university policy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023

The meetings also could have constituted a violation of Lindh’s supervised release when they occurred, but now Lindh is no longer subject to supervision, as his term of supervised release expired last year.

From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2023

At the center of the court's discussion was whether Kennedy had the right to pray on the 50-yard line, which may have constituted a public display of religious faith.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2022

But those gathered seeds would have constituted the material for the unconscious first steps of plant domestication.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond