CONSOLIDATE in a Sentence

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Brydon's team-mate Martin Williamson consolidated his lead in the National League when he won the latest round.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONSOLIDATE
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consolidate
 v.  make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
Classic Sentence:
1  After the battle of Navarino, when the Greek government was consolidated, he asked of King Otho a mining grant for that district, which was given him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 69. The Inquiry.
2  The more the Russian army retreated the more fiercely a spirit of hatred of the enemy flared up, and while it retreated the army increased and consolidated.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER II
3  He left the duke with the state of Romagna alone consolidated, with the rest in the air, between two most powerful hostile armies, and sick unto death.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQ...
4  It was soothing, it was consolidating, this handwork together.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  He believed that the European Economic Community should consolidate.
2  The time has come for the firm to consolidate after several years of rapid expansion.
3  Several small businesses are planning to consolidate to form a large powerful company.
4  The company is planning to consolidate its business activities at a new site in Arizona.
5  We've made a good start, now it's time to consolidate.
6  He bribes his leader to consolidate his position.
7  As the industry continues to consolidate, HP and IBM are encroaching on each other's turf.
8  The Nobel laureate said American economic sanctions were a useful tool for putting pressure on Myanmar's military government, but now the people need to consolidate democracy on their own.
9  The company has consolidated its position as the country's leading gas supplier.
10  With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director.
11  They consolidated seven provinces to form four new ones.
12  Italy consolidated their lead with a second goal.
13  Brydon's team-mate Martin Williamson consolidated his lead in the National League when he won the latest round.
14  The success of their major product consolidated the firm's position in the market.
15  Our troops consolidated our position with reinforcements.