How to Use consequential in a Sentence

consequential

adjective

• The change to the schedule is not consequential.
• There have been several consequential innovations in their computer software.
• From her own telling this was the most consequential year of her life.
  — Town & Country, 10 Apr. 2023
• The fifth episode of House of the Dragon promises to be the most consequential yet in the season.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 18 Sep. 2022
• The most consequential bills that passed this year came mainly in blue states.
  — Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
• That was the lesson that emerged from interviews with some of the most consequential leaders in their fields in the world.
  — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
• One of the most consequential — and fun — seasons in the WNBA's history is now in the books.
  — Mike Allen, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
• In 2023, the Sox will only have one second-rounder, making the loss of that pick more consequential.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
• The decision whether or not to have a child is one of the most consequential choices most people make.
  — Clare Egan, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2023
• Whether that bet — one of the most consequential Trump will make this year — pays off remains unclear.
  — Ashley Parker, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
• But the lithium-ion battery banks are the most consequential part.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
• The more consequential, if lightly worn, idea in his art was neither soft nor sweet, but big.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022
• Without you, even such a consequential figure as WFB would have been a pebble in the ocean.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 30 Dec. 2024
• Voters head to the polls today in what could be one of the country's most consequential midterm elections.
  — Stefan Becket, Kathryn Watson, Caroline Linton, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2022
• The current high court is no stranger to consequential rulings.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Feb. 2024
• That pulse has ceased for now – a testament to how consequential the eruption was.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022
• The planet is burning, but the truth is these things were always consequential.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 7 June 2023
• But the case has the potential to be highly consequential.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
• This new one could be the largest and most consequential yet for a 35-year-old school with dreams of becoming the state’s next STEM powerhouse.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
• Barrett said that the line-drawing questions in the case were difficult and that where the court drew them would be consequential.
  — Adam Liptak, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2022
• If her push pays off, Khan could become one of the most consequential FTC chairs in history.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
• This year’s event, which comes one day after the close of the five-yearly Party Congress, is one of the most consequential and closely watched in decades.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
• There are these people who live very long lives and every year their life is consequential.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2022
• Wisconsin voters head to the polls Tuesday to elect their next state Supreme Court justice in what could be the most consequential race of 2023.
  — Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2023
• Frankly, to this scout, Ohtani is a far more consequential player than Soto.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• In one of the more consequential cases, activists have thus far prevailed.
  — Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
• Throughout his decades in the field, Borst’s research has been consequential in a number of areas.
  — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 21 Sep. 2023
• The 2023 season might be the most promising (and consequential) of Jackson’s career.
  — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 19 July 2023
• The most consequential decision remained: whether or not to kill Mr. Nasrallah.
  — Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
• One of the most consequential moments in the Middle East's recent history was set in motion by a chain of events that few could have anticipated, least of all Hamas and Israel, whose war inadvertently played a pivotal role.
  — Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Jan 2025