How to Use constitute in a Sentence

constitute

verb

• Women constitute 70 percent of the student population at the college.
• Experts can readily disagree on what those words constitute.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
• But Goldberg-Glazer said there are a lot of components that constitute a good deal.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
• But oil and derivatives constitute more than half of Ecuadorian exports.
  — Fox News, 28 June 2022
• There isn’t much to say in detail that doesn’t constitute a spoiler, but Carr and his adapters enlist an unusually wide array of players to share the blame.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
• That’s not to excuse it, but $5 million divided 32 ways doesn’t constitute a Brinks truck for any of the other owners.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
• Giulietti said that, and the state’s commitment to match federal funds, constitute the largest investment in rail in his more than 50 years in the rail industry.
  — Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2022
• The pictures constitute a sightseeing tour of the universe painted in colors no human eye has seen — the invisible rays of infrared or heat radiation.
  — Dennis Overbye, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
• The pictures constitute a sightseeing tour of the universe painted in colors no human eye has seen — the invisible rays of infrared, or heat radiation.
  — New York Times, 11 July 2022
• Kobe constitutes a tremendous value in comparison to Kyoto and Osaka.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2025
• Does that constitute a protest and does one of us have to stay outside?
  — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2018
• Wood or stone walls and maybe a glimpse of a garden constitute the views.
  — Mike Dunne, SFChronicle.com, 21 Jan. 2020
• If a pitcher leaves the hill and talks to Eaves, that constitutes a team visit.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2018
• And while all constitute small packages, the best crappie lures pack in a lot.
  — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• The pipeline as constituted today has proved to be more than enough to help the club, too.
  — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2019
• And that constituted having both Heather, Jonathan [Schaech] and Judah in the same bed and even in the same shot at times.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
• And those might constitute big MCU spoilers that some fans might want to avoid.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 20 Dec. 2022
• Failing to do so constitute a breach of the law and as such, the production was sanctioned by the CNC.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
• This constitutes a major shift in the ethos of bookselling.
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
• Orion is fairly easy to spot in the night sky — just look for the three stars in a row that constitute Orion's belt.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2019
• And in many cases, what looks like a cost may turn out in the long run to constitute a kind of benefit.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2021
• If the game isn’t played, the loss Monday will not count against the Orioles, as a lone game does not constitute a series.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
• Still, the missing payments constitute less than 2% of the total amount billed.
  — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 19 Jan. 2021
• But experts say the destabilization and the scale of the protests were enough to constitute an asylum claim.
  — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
• This season’s crop would not even constitute 20% of that.
  — Katharina Buchholz, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
• But do the Bay Area schools constitute a smart investment for the network?
  — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2023
• The fight over what constitutes approval of tax measures is not new at the state and local level.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
• Now the pair of fans are arguing this constitutes a breach of contract.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
• As presently constituted, the Red Sox look more like an 85-win club that could end up with 88 and sneak into the postseason.
  — Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
• This has led to some disputes between homeowners and insurers over what exactly constitutes damage from wildfire smoke.
  — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 1 Feb 2025