How to Use consist in a Sentence

consist

1 of 2 verb
  • This may consist of first-year waivers for first-time customers.
    Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The plan is for Andor to consist of two seasons of 12 episodes each, and the second season will be its last.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The premiere will consist of two episodes, with three more episodes slated to air weekly.
    Ej Panaligan, Variety, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The rolling stock on the Bald Knob excursion consists mainly of gondolas once used to carry cut trees to the mill.
    Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
  • In the 1800s, an invention called the planimeter consisted of a little wheel, a shaft, and a linkage.
    Charles Platt, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
  • As before, the NWSL playoffs will consist of six teams with the top two seeds receiving first-round byes.
    oregonlive, 17 Nov. 2022
  • A normal week will consist of four to five practices with a couple of practice sessions during the course of the day.
    Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Try to eat or drink a small amount of something warm that consists mostly of healthy fats as your last meal before going to bed.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Construction of geoLagon will consist of three stages, the first of which will begin in March of next year.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The new season will consist of 10 episodes airing weekly through Dec. 15.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The weekend will consist of dry weather, with the exception of some snow showers on the coast, said the weather service.
    Shealagh Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
  • To qualify, the same game parlay wagers must consist of 4+ legs and have final odds of +400 or longer.
    cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
  • His gear consists chiefly of a Swiss Army knife and, weather permitting, an overcoat.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The West Village shop skews to a younger audience, and consists mostly of locals from the neighborhood.
    Gary Stern, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • After two hours of practice—and soccer consists mostly of running—her coach would line up the team for 30 minutes of sprints.
    Don Yaeger, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The park ultimately will consist of five areas, with three ready next month.
    Shiho Fukada, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
  • While the elephants crave the sweet flavors, and their owners need the income, a healthy diet consists mainly of different kinds of leaves and grass.
    Muktita Suhartono, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • First, dinner must consist of 12 dishes, all of them meatless.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The home slate at Gillette will consist of one preseason game and eight regular-season games.
    Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Per a release, the hotel will consist of four floors and feature 33 guest rooms, along with a restaurant, rooftop terrace, event space and ballroom.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Due to roadway design issues in the area to the north of the first phase of work, Phase 2 will consist of a two-way cycle track along the west side of the roadway, rather than putting one-way paths on each side of the road.
    Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • With only seven World Cup players on the Gold Cup roster, the team consists mostly of young players trying to earn a spot.
    Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 23 June 2023
  • One reward on a dining platform might consist of an upgrade to the chef’s table, and the NFT could have the menu and a picture of the party with the chef attached to it as a keepsake.
    Alexander Mitscherlich, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The largest system, the integumentary and adipose tissues, consists mainly of skin and fat.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2023
  • This approach stands in stark contrast to most boards at small colleges, which tend to consist of volunteers and may lack this depth of knowledge.
    Michael Horowitz, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The streaming service announced on Monday that the sophomore season will consist of 16 episodes and will be split into two parts.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The list of Palestinian prisoners Israel is willing to release in the swap consists mostly of male teenagers arrested in the past two years, with the youngest aged 14.
    Sammy westfall, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The work consists entirely of five years worth of photographs of the model shot by the famed photographer himself.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • The diet of Blue Zone centenarians consists largely of legumes, like black beans, azuki beans, soybeans, lentils, and broad beans, while meat is consumed only five times a month.
    Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2024
  • As of November 2021, the Workers Chorus consisted exclusively of Black cast members.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2024
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consist

2 of 2 noun
  • But the clouds had to be at very low altitude and consist of very small drops.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2018
  • On busy Route 1 in Howard County, most bus stops consist of a roadside pole stuck in the ground.
    Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2019
  • My Saturdays consist of going to the store to do the weekly shop.
    Jill Griffin, Forbes, 13 May 2021
  • Fights on the undercard consist of three five-minute rounds, but the main event is scheduled for five rounds.
    BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
  • The eight tournaments here, four men’s and four women’s, consist of teams from 39 schools and 13 states.
    Billy Witz, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Both are in rookie leagues that run from mid-June through Labor Day and consist of the greenest prospects.
    Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 8 Jan. 2020
  • This year, the top 20 consist of 14 public charter schools and six magnets.
    Washington Post, 31 July 2020
  • The hottest trends of the 1990s consist of the following: chokers, thin brows, hair tendrils, slip dresses, and chunky heels.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Great things come from our luncheon meetings, which consist of a sandwich, a cup of soup, and a good idea or two.
    Polina Marinova, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The triple double consists of a double backflip with three twists.
    Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • The 3,000 troops headed to Kabul consist of two battalions of Marines and one from the Army, Kirby said.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The 37 people linked to the event who tested positive consist of 28 students and nine adults.
    NBC News, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Round 2 consists of greensomes, where both players tee off on each hole and the alternate shot is played from the spot of the better ball.
    Esten McLaren, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The beef back ribs are trimmed off the outside of prime rib (part of the rib primal behind the forequarters) and consist of seven rib bones.
    Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Today, what remains of the historic district consist of a few blocks.
    Amber Burton, WSJ, 29 May 2021
  • They got used to what Machine Learning and Deep Learning consist of.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 June 2022
  • The voting members on the Maine Township Board consist of the four trustees and supervisor.
    Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The modular system will wear over the standard U.S. Army field uniform and consist of leggings, a cape, sleeves, a veil, and so on.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2018
  • Most of the biomass used by Drax consists of low-grade wood, sawmill residue and trees with little commercial value from the United States.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 23 Oct. 2019
  • The debut season costs a reported $100 million to make and consists of eight episodes.
    James Hibberd, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Notably, brevity is key to the song titles below, as five of the seven consist of one word and the other two comprise two.
    Billboard, 29 July 2021
  • The miniseries version of The Hateful Eight consists of four 50-minute installments.
    Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Quartzy, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Beowulf Boritt’s set consists of four stools, a couple of keyboards, a bongo drum and a blazing neon icon of the show’s logo.
    Ben Brantley, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Herbert’s career consist of just two games in his first season.
    oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Tasting events usually last for an hour and consist of two or more wines per person.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2021
  • So, out of the wire comes pulses of light that consist of thousands upon thousands of highly pure colors.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2018
  • Cards consist of different suits that map to clearing spaces on the forest board.
    Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2018
  • Most of our workouts consist of shorter, more frequent bursts.
    Kelsey Mulvey, Men's Health, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The technical events of giant slalom and slalom consist of two runs, which are added together for the skier's overall time.
    Johanna Gretschel, SELF, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Long stretches of the film consist of women simply describing what happened while Kantor and Twohey listen.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2022

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