The dotation of Persian queens consisted in consigning to them the revenue of certain cities, in various parts of the kingdom, for defraying their personal and domestic expenditure. ❋ Unknown (1871)
And certainly, whatever might be Horace O'Brian's motive in consigning his children to the convent, he could hardly have done a wiser thing; for the practical example of the subdued temper, the meekness and gentleness, of the daily life of Clotilde and her nuns, did not fail to have a most beneficial influence upon them, which lasted all their life. ❋ Unknown (1845)
She thought instinctively of Sodom and Gomorrah, and she saw righteously with her mind's eye for a moment an angel with a flaming sword consigning to destruction these offending mansions and their owners as symbols of mammon and contraband to God. ❋ Robert Grant (1896)
She had been deeply interested by the accounts she had received from the admiral himself of the gentle, unoffending character of the islanders; and she revolted at the idea of consigning them to the horrors of slavery, without even an effort for their conversion. ❋ William Hickling Prescott (1827)
Others surprise us by forming a new line, consigning the old to extinction. ❋ Zornhau (2009)
Once they give you an estimate for your item, and you begin to deduct the above listed variables, you can then determine if it's worth consigning your jewelry. ❋ Reyne Haines (2011)
With the New York expansion, Mr. Kou emphasized participating in art expositions and consigning significant collections. ❋ Kimberly Chou (2011)
That means consigning the entire region to a dysfunctional status quo ante in which the long-term winners will be al Qaeda and their ilk. ❋ Max Boot (2011)
By keeping the problem out of sight and consigning it to the realm of the “personal,” the culture enables our natural tendencies toward denial, procrastination, and silence. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Ending my police career and consigning my friend and partner, Lew Peedner, to the working ranks forever. ❋ P. G. Sturges (2011)
The former is the fault of the Arab nations that refused to take in the refugees, instead consigning them to live in squalid camps. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Gigot: So, Kim, are you consigning the Strassel clan to Applebee's and McDonald's now with that? ❋ Unknown (2011)
You can try, severing all contacts with anything to do with gender dysphoria, trying to “put this all behind you”, consigning both communications of support and condemnation to the bit-bucket. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Our generation's response to this challenge will be judged by history, for if we fail to meet it — boldly, swiftly, and together — we risk consigning future generations to an irreversible catastrophe. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Just throw anything against the wall and see what sticks while you dance around about consigning tens of thousands of Americans a year to death. ❋ Unknown (2010)
So the government will push for natural resource production and processing in Sumatra, consigning that region to, say, palm oil for the next decade. ❋ Unknown (2011)
It came, however, at the cost of consigning a substantial portion of the population to life under a brutal system of apartheid ruthlessly upheld through systematic violence. ❋ Unknown (2010)
There can't be much that's worse than consigning your child to an adulthood of obesity, ill-health and stigma, and all because you were too flaky to breastfeed. ❋ Zoe Williams (2010)
Ed, you may rejoice at the prospect to consigning more Americans to indignity and preventable death. ❋ Unknown (2010)
