How to Use consciousness in a Sentence
consciousness
noun- He hopes that he can raise public consciousness of the disease.
- The events have become part of the national consciousness.
- The medication caused her to enter an altered state of consciousness.
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Our consciousness is so different based on how we have been socialized to deal with our emotions.
— David Betancourt, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022 -
Bleeding varices can cause vomiting, low blood pressure, dizziness, and loss of consciousness—and can be fatal.
— Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024 -
It was conceived as a symbol of a new national consciousness felt by many Mexicans at the time.
— Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2022 -
These scare tactics were deeply embedded in our cultural consciousness, which makes the evolution around drugs happening now feel, well, radical.
— Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2022 -
The show is so firmly installed in the cultural consciousness that even the behind-the-scenes production of the first episode has received the Hollywood biopic treatment.
— Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024 -
And some people can have a severe allergic reaction that can lead to anaphylaxis that can cause difficulty breathing, swelling of the tongue and throat, weak pulse and loss of consciousness.
— Devi Shastri, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024 -
In an interview with People, Pacino recounted coming back to consciousness with a sense of confusion.
— Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024 -
And if a gorilla’s consciousness does shift, what would that be like to the ape?
— Shayla Love, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2023 -
But in seconds my consciousness spun me back around the world.
— Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024 -
Still, the 2008 war looms large in the collective consciousness.
— Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2023 -
Among those who may wish to avoid self-consciousness: the writer of this story.
— Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022 -
At what point in the changeover process would the person’s consciousness disappear?
— Calum Chace, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023 -
Adam Sandler is taking a trip to the stars — and into his own consciousness — in his new movie.
— Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024 -
The fragility of the American consciousness of the time required a stifling of Black thought.
— Gerald Nesmith, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023 -
But to play one of the great tragic parts is to stand inside Shakespeare's consciousness and to look out from the inside.
— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2023 -
There’s more of a filter, a consciousness of the feelings of others than in Israel.
— Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023 -
The performances in the film by Michael Douglas and Glenn Close are so well known and live on in public consciousness.
— Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023 -
At some point, the fetus in the womb has consciousness, and killing it leads to negative karma.
— Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024 -
It is marked by confusion, dizziness, a fast and strong pulse and loss of consciousness.
— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2023 -
So is this just Yost trying to get into the consciousness one last time before people go to the polls?
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2022 -
They are not favoured with consciousness outside of how they are perceived.
— Hazlitt, 12 Apr. 2023 -
Yes, there's a lot of magic, a lot of romance, and a surprising amount of class consciousness.
— Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023 -
Research shows that bees are self-aware and may even have a primitive form of consciousness.
— Stephen Buchmann, The Conversation, 17 May 2023 -
But their power and skills are what have kept us in their thrall—and quietly raised our consciousness.
— Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024 -
There’s more than a hint of the Ogdoad in these two, a sacramental yet heretical consciousness.
— Joy Williams, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022 -
Thompson’s final stretch of life was spent in a hospice bed fading in and out of consciousness.
— Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2024 -
Conspiracy theories around voting machines spread by former President Trump and his allies have seeped into public consciousness in ways that could undermine trust in results.
— Margaret Talev, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024
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