Example Sentences

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For some, Sainz was consigning himself to a support role.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2021

A new Star Wars film that used John Williams’s thunderous music only in passing, or even omitted it entirely, would send a clear message that it was consigning nostalgia to the past.

From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2016

"You are going back to New York?" echoed Winifred, uncertainly, realizing all of a sudden what it was that she was sending him away from, and to what she was consigning him.

From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Goodwin, Maud Wilder

They knew that in fact he was consigning them to death without honor; but they were loyal to the last.

From The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Yonge, Charles Duke

In the first moment she had submitted, deluding herself with the idea she had expressed, that he was consigning her to a prison and that her freedom was dependent on his will.

From The Witch of Prague by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)