CONSCIOUS in a Sentence

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246 example sentences for CONSCIOUS, such as:

1. He hovered on the edge of consciousness.
2. He moaned with pain before losing consciousness.
3. She hit her head on a rock and lost consciousness.
4. The patient lost consciousness and went into convulsions.
5. Scarlett, suddenly conscious of her error of speech, went red.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONSCIOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
conscious
 a.  aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He became suddenly conscious that he was looking at Mattie while Zeena talked to him, and with an effort he turned his eyes to his wife.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
2  It was not till he led out the sorrel and backed him between the shafts of the sleigh that he once more became conscious of what he was doing.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  Atlanta was humming like a beehive, proudly conscious of its importance to the Confederacy, and work was going forward night and day toward turning an agricultural section into an industrial one.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  If she were conscious, I doubt if she could live through all the pain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  She knew with conscious pride in her own smartness that she was the equal of any of them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
6  For some moments Scarlett had been conscious that Uncle Peter was breathing hard and sitting up very straight as he stared steadily at the horse's ears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
7  Scarlett, suddenly conscious of her error of speech, went red.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
8  Through her terror she was conscious of the sound of feet running behind her and she screamed at the horse to go faster.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
9  The whole household was acutely conscious of the burning light, Scarlett, Mammy, Prissy and Pork, frequently tiptoeing upstairs to make sure that it still burned.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
10  At his touch she realized that, without being conscious of it, she had hoped that just this thing would happen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
11  There were even moments when she was conscious of having to pay her way.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
12  The truth is that she was conscious of a somewhat keen shock of disappointment.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
13  It could not be that one conscious of such aptitudes for mastery and enjoyment was doomed to a perpetuity of failure; and her mistakes looked easily reparable in the light of her restored self-confidence.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 8
14  They had not met since their Sunday afternoon walk at Bellomont, and that episode was still so vivid to her that she could hardly believe him to be less conscious of it.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 8
15  She returned to town in a glow of rejuvenation, conscious of a clearer colour in her cheeks, a fresh elasticity in her muscles.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
Example Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
16  China's fashion conscious urban young are developing a growing appetite for the cool white look of platinum jewellery.
17  I was conscious that a moment's mutiny had already rendered me liable to strange penalties, and, like any other rebel slave, I felt resolved, in my desperation, to go all lengths.
18  A postmortem exam revealed large amounts of soil in her lungs and stomach, indicating that she had been alive and conscious while being buried.
19  It just takes a conscious effort to clam when everyone around you is hysterical, and the consideration of some other tips included in this book.
20  They had an excellent Department of English, but even in the best departments, I was always conscious of the kind of provincialism pervading the place.
21  I am conscious of how my father carried himself and I see my family in this, my point of reference is a combination of their dignity and nobility.
22  He hovered on the edge of consciousness.
23  David lost consciousness at eight o'clock and died a few hours later.
24  She lost consciousness and when she came round she still lacked coherence and focus.
25  Several writers have posited the idea of a universal consciousness.
26  He moaned with pain before losing consciousness.
27  The patient lost consciousness and went into convulsions.
28  I can't remember any more-I must have lost consciousness.
29  She hit her head on a rock and lost consciousness.