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How to use consign in a sentence

14 example sentences · verb

Consign means to transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping. Example: “We couldn't fix the old radio, so we consigned it to the dustheap.”

Examples of consign by meaning

verbTo send to a final destination.

  • to consign the body to the grave
  • This firm regularly consigns margarine in palletised wagon-loads to a wide variety of destinations.1961 September, B. Perren, “The Tilbury Line serves industrial North Thameside”, in Modern Railways, page 359
  • This controversial decision has consigned rail passengers to a considerable time penalty, when the direct route would have cut 45 minutes from Far North journey times.2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49

More sentences with consign

  • We couldn't fix the old radio, so we consigned it to the dustheap.From the entry dustheap
  • No wonder, then, that all of these women are consigned to their lot.2020 March, Jess Bergman, “I’m Not Feeling Good at All”, in The Baffler, number 50. From the entry anomie
  • Domestic fuel consigned from South Wales consists mainly of anthracite, phurnacite and other smokeless fuels.1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492. From the entry Phurnacite
  • Ordo Malleus Inquisitor: I hereby sign the death warrant of an entire world, and consign a million souls to oblivion.2011, Relic Entertainment, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution, scene: Exterminatus declared on Typhon Primaris. From the entry soul
  • Catalogues for evening auctions frequently devote a section to art consigned from one collection, with several pages praising the consignor.2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN. From the entry consignor
  • Largely consigned to the hors champ, the skin flick that is being projected seems to function merely as a pretext for cruising.2020 fall, Jules O’Dwyer, “Coming and Going: Nolot, Barthes, and the Porn Theater”, in Discourse, volume 42, number 3, Detroit, Mich.…. From the entry contronymous
  • Adorno's "epilogomena" addresses the work in absolute terms, consigning its programmatic trappings—emphasized by Berg in his Ope Letter (Berg, no. 47)—to the element of playfulness.2018, Bryan R. Simms, Alban Berg: A Research and Information Guide. From the entry epilogomenon
  • Steven was admittedly an unashamed romantic, but he thought the idea of naming the concerts should be consigned to the summertime pops orchestra.2005, Robert Bartlett, The Salem Syndrome, Nelson Publishing&Marketing, →ISBN, page 111. From the entry pops orchestra
  • While hiding out in a small Italian Village the be-dressed Alban is appalled that he is consigned to the sphere of women's work.1983 February 12, Michael Bronski, “Tootsie and the Gender Benders”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 13. From the entry bedressed
  • Although we are no longer consigned to the bar stool and bottle, we still generally frequent these places to enhance our difficult egos.1973 December 22, W. Emerson Smith, “Friends are Hard to Come By”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 7. From the entry bar stool
  • Derided, lampooned and long since consigned to the dustbin of aesthetic history, the art of Soviet Socialist Realism has not enjoyed a happy afterlife following the collapse of communism.2009 October 24, Vanessa Thorpe, “New exhibition in Berlin brings forgotten Soviet art back to reality”, in The Observer. From the entry socialist realism

Meaning of consign

  1. verb To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
  2. verb To entrust to the care of another.
  3. verb To send to a final destination.

Full definition of consign

Questions about consign in a sentence

How do you use consign in a sentence?
Consign is used as a verb. For example: “We couldn't fix the old radio, so we consigned it to the dustheap.”
What is a short sentence with consign?
“to consign the body to the grave”
What does consign mean?
Consign means to transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: consign (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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