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How to use consciousness in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Consciousness means the state of being conscious or aware; awareness. Example: “Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.”

Examples of consciousness by meaning

nounThe state or trait of having cognition and sensation; cognition and sensation themselves.

  • To lose consciousness after striking one's head
  • Consciousness is universal and precedes even the formation of our solar system.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London...
  • Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847

nounThe fact of having knowledge of a particular fact or matter; cognizance.

  • Again he was Tarzan of the Apes—every sense alert against the chance of surprise by some jungle enemy—yet treading lightly and with head erect, in proud consciousness of his might.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt...

nounAcute awareness (of something) and belief in its communal relevance.

  • the development of a feminist consciousness
  • This new anti-military consciousness surfaced at the Gay Academic Union Conference held last month in New York, where two broadsides and a meeting were held to discuss the situation.1975 December 27, Neil Miller, “Anti-Military Backlash Surfaces”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 26, page 3

nounA being with cognition.

  • Siarists don't specifically believe in reincarnation; they believe that spiritual energy returned to the universal consciousness upon death will eventually be used to fill new mortal vessels.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Asari: Religion Codex entry

More sentences with consciousness

  • Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.From the entry revive
  • The hours of his illness were disjointed and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.From the entry disjointed
  • At the last minute, the hero regained consciousness and rolled out of the path of the tank.From the entry at the last minute
  • Esports continues to edge its way into mainstream consciousness.From the entry mainstream consciousness
  • Prince Charles spent the night in the hospital after he took a tumble off his horse yesterday while playing polo and briefly lost consciousness.From the entry take a tumble
  • Consciousness may not protend everything in the horizon; there is too much.2023, Mitchell Atkinson III, Alterity and the Flint Water Crisis, page 152. From the entry protend
  • I see Black Fragility as the greatest threat to a healthy black culture and consciousness.2023, Winkfield Twyman, Jr.; Jennifer Richmond, Letters in Black and White: A new correspondence on race in America, page 16. From the entry black fragility
  • Brooklyn has opted for hybrid SUVs, at least, to show environmental consciousness.2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 270. From the entry hybrid
  • Phenomenal consciousness is the feeling of what it’s like to be you.2021 May 28, Harry Haroutioun Haladjian, “What Is Phenomenal Consciousness?”, in Psychology Today. From the entry phenomenal consciousness
  • Once a biological consciousness is copied into a cyberconsciousness, the possibilities for longevity skyrocket.2019, Jacob Shatzer, Transhumanism and the Image of God, page 102. From the entry cyberconsciousness
  • Calpurnia, the Good Sister, the artificial intelligence created by Zephyr Bain, had achieved consciousness and self-awareness.2017 April, Jonathan Maberry, chapter 128, in Dogs of War: A Joe Ledger Novel, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 518. From the entry Skynet
  • She had crossed the line from the predictable and anticipated inevitable model of machine consciousness.2017 April, Jonathan Maberry, chapter 128, in Dogs of War: A Joe Ledger Novel, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 518. From the entry Skynet
  • A garbled voice of incoherency seemed to be his only link to this realm of consciousness.2016, Jacob Russell Dring, Endless the Chase. From the entry ballet
  • She is a staunch advocate for the transition from a consciousness of “humanity” to one of “organity.”2015, Gabrielle Cody, Meiling Cheng, Reading Contemporary Performance. From the entry organity
  • The TFD was also somewhat longer in groups without any complications, PAO, shock, or consciousness disturbance.2015 November 12, “Clinical Predictors for Delayed or Inappropriate Initial Diagnosis of Type A Acute Aortic Dissection in the Emergency…. From the entry malperfusion
  • Either materialism, dualism, neutral monism, or micropsychism provides the best explanation of consciousness.2015, Edwin C. May, Sonali Bhatt Marwaha, Extrasensory Perception: Support, Skepticism, and Science, →ISBN. From the entry micropsychism
  • Public consciousness seems to be voidening of meaning and purpose in life.2014, Stefan Sorin Muresan, Social Market Economy: The Case of Germany, page 144. From the entry voiden
  • After Pygmalion came back to consciousness, he proposed to his perfect woman.2014 August 19, Rick Riordan, “You Gotta Love Aphrodite”, in Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, New York, N.Y.: Disney Hyperion Books, →ISBN…. From the entry happily ever after
  • For example, is introspectability a necessary condition for presence to consciousness?2014, David Bennett, Christopher Hill, Sensory Integration and the Unity of Consciousness, →ISBN, page 342. From the entry introspectability
  • What is this testimony but the collateral sparkings of a dying consciousness?2013, Marcel Theroux, Strange Bodies. From the entry sparking
  • Man's reflectibility, his self-mirroring in consciousness, constitutes human intelligibility: man's intelligibility for himself and for his fellow-men.2013, Martti Siirala, Medicine in Metamorphosis: Speech, Presence and Integration, page 27. From the entry reflectibility
  • A 65-year-old man presented with loss of consciousness and developed haemiparesis following a viper bite.2013 September 6, Alok Bhatt et al., “Myocarditis along with acute ischaemic cerebellar, pontine and lacunar infarction following viper…. From the entry haemiparesis
  • Consequently, though mu is mindlike, the likeness to individual consciousness cannot be pushed very far.2012, Dr Robert Wilkinson, Nishida and Western Philosophy, →ISBN. From the entry mu
  • Therefore, there is consciousness prior to manifestation, consciousness of temporal manifestation and consciousness of spaciotemporal manifestation.2012, Roy Melvyn, Behind the Mind: The Short Discourses of Wu Hsin. From the entry spaciotemporal
  • We have to prepare ourselves, make shapeshiftings in consciousness to get there.2011, Richard Leviton, Hierophantic Landscapes, page 388. From the entry shapeshifting
  • But it is a class in the making, approaching a consciousness of common vulnerability.2011 June 1, Guy Standing, “Who will be a voice for the emerging precariat?”, in The Guardian. From the entry precariat
  • This alteration of consciousness, usually termed loss of awareness or a dysconscious state, is different from unconsciousness.2011, Ivan Osorio, Hitten P. Zaveri, Mark G. Frei, Susan Arthurs, editors, Epilepsy: The Intersection of Neurosciences, Biology…. From the entry dysconscious
  • Depending on the consciousness and intent of his actions, these may be considered microassaults or microinsults.2010, Michele Antoinette Paludi, Feminism and Women's Rights Worldwide, →ISBN, page 163. From the entry microinsult
  • We must rise above what our ordinary consciousness inspires us to do.2010, Michael E. Gerber, The Most Successful Small Business in The World: The Ten Principles, page 118. From the entry rise above
  • Wilson had “etched herself indelibly on the consciousness of the New York balletgoing public.”2008 April 29, Jack Anderson, “Sallie Wilson, Dramatic Ballerina, Dies at 76”, in New York Times. From the entry indelibly
  • Elementals are the consciousness guiding the four classical elements of earth, fire, air, and water.2007, Christopher Penczak, Ascension Magick: Ritual, Myth and Healing for the New Aeon, page 413. From the entry gnome
  • Her brain regions that regulate waking consciousness and dreaming are shut down.2007, John Likides, chapter 14, in Infinite Sustain, [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 225. From the entry under
  • The author is less inclined than Jung to treat freedom as an ideological illusion or false consciousness.2007, Roy E. Allen, Human Ecology Economics, →ISBN, page 187. From the entry false consciousness

Meaning of consciousness

  1. noun The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
  2. noun The state or trait of having cognition and sensation; cognition and sensation themselves.
  3. noun The fact of having knowledge of a particular fact or matter; cognizance.

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Questions about consciousness in a sentence

How do you use consciousness in a sentence?
Consciousness is used as a noun. For example: “Her grandmother said that if she lost consciousness, she would not want to be revived.”
What is a short sentence with consciousness?
“the development of a feminist consciousness”
What does consciousness mean?
Consciousness means the state of being conscious or aware; awareness.

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