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There could be no doubt that, as it was a national possession, a horrible scandal would ensue if any misfortune should occur to it.

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 Meanings and Examples of ENSUE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ensue
 v.  pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence
Classic Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1  The Crawfords were more warm on the subject than Mr. Yates, from better understanding the family, and judging more clearly of the mischief that must ensue.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
2  She had no doubt of what would ensue.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
3  The horror of a mind like Fanny's, as it received the conviction of such guilt, and began to take in some part of the misery that must ensue, can hardly be described.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
4  There could be no doubt that, as it was a national possession, a horrible scandal would ensue if any misfortune should occur to it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
5  Where this is not seen to, grave disorders will always ensue.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII.
6  For some seeking to enlarge their possessions, and some to keep what they have got, wars and enmities ensue, from which result the ruin of one country and the growth of another.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXVII.
7  For whenever this precaution is neglected the gravest mishaps are constantly seen to ensue.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XIV.
8  And although if good ensue he will be applauded, nevertheless in matters of this kind, what a man may gain is as nothing to what he may lose.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXV.
9  No one at Villefort's doubted that a duel would ensue from it.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 93. Valentine.
10  Once introduce the abominable custom of folk paying calls, and forthwith there will ensue such ruin to the management of estates that landowners will be forced to feed their horses on hay.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
11  Thus three results ensued from one idea.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKE...
12  A terrible moment of expectation and silence ensued.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT
13  A tolerably long silence ensued.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
14  A terrible moment ensued, during which the poor portress felt as though she should faint.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB
15  We will present a stenographic report of the dialogue which then ensued, to the best of our ability.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE
Example Sentence:
1  The evils ensue from lack of a stable government.
2  If the Europeans did not reduce subsidies, a trade war would ensue.
3  An argument ensued, with various band members joining in and haranguing Simpson and his girlfriend for over two hours.
4  Adam raised the issue of multimedia applications and much useful discussion ensued.
5  The police officer said that he had placed the man under arrest and that a scuffle had ensued.
6  The ensuing argument had been bitter.
7  I lost my bag in the ensuing chaos.