inconsistence
- a variation of inconsistency.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Nor is any inconsistence shown in the fact that the green olive branch is afterward mentioned, for certain trees are evergreen, as the boxwood, fir, pine, cedar, laurel, olive, palm and others.
From Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood by Lenker, John Nicholas
All which I mention purely to salve that inconsistence, 45 of the levity of dancing with the gravity of divine worship.
From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea
None of these schemes, however, had succeeded up to the present, for Dulcie seemed with delightful inconsistence consistently to "turn down" the admirable suitors whom Aunt Hannah metaphorically dangled before her eyes.
From The Four Faces A Mystery by Le Queux, William
That would be a solecism indeed! and yet to increase the inconsistence, in another part of your letter you call me a beau.
From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Irving, Washington
It appears that the Irish rebels, observing some inconsistence in their first forgery, were obliged to forge this commission anew, yet could not render it coherent or probable.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David
