How to Use constitute in a Sentence

constitute

verb

• Women constitute 70 percent of the student population at the college.
• Finding any kind of life—dumb or smart—would constitute a fundamental reframing of our place in the cosmos.
  — Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2022
• The Orioles, then, can make up that ground rather directly; six wins against the Blue Jays would constitute six games gained on them.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 9 Sep. 2022
• All that fuel, burned up by all those miles driven, made lead pervasive in the air and soil and constituted the single largest exposure source of lead for more than a generation.
  — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
• This is a memoir that gathers power through accretion — all those moments and gestures that constitute experience, the bits and pieces that coalesce into a life.
  — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2022
• For Donald Trump, who stressed the need for fresh economic policies while on the campaign trail, setting his sights on the Houthis would simply constitute good business.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
• These space efforts are not happening in conjunction with the United States but constitute another space race for the Americans.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2022
• Although a $2 million payday may seem like a lot of money to most people, Sullivan, 61, said the sale proceeds would constitute her retirement.
  — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Whether the mission might evolve – and what would constitute success – remains to be seen.
  — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2022
• If my son is sitting at the kitchen island next to a butcher block, does that constitute a weapon?
  — Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 12 June 2020
• There’s been a lot of confusion over the years about what constitutes a healthy breakfast.
  — Christine Byrne, Outside Online, 15 June 2019
• But there is one caveat to all of this, which will constitute the subject of this article.
  — Xenia Muntean, Forbes, 13 May 2022

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024