How To Use Consummation In A Sentence

The urn as unravished bride proleptically contains its ravishment as a natural outcome in the ritual of weddings that parallels the consummation of questions asked. Deforming Keat's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'
Dr Owen might have added, I suppose, that a necessary interest in the private lives of public figures was a feature even of powerful monarchies, where wedding-night consummation was a dynastic issue to be settled with the production of the kind of gloopy evidence now entertaining audiences for forensic science TV shows such as Top stories from Times Online
Unhappily, we fear that such a consummation is still far distant. Disunion in the United States
This, I believe, is the essence of the poem; you believe that through the consummation of a marriage of mind and nature it is possible to create paradise here on earth.
In a story like way, these paintings display the process of love, ‘that moves from initial flirtations, to the ecstasies of physical love consummation, then to the anxieties of jealousy and rejection’.

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Learning to fence was the consummation of a love affair I'd had with swordplay ever since Errol Flynn first swashbuckled his way across my late-night TV screen as Captain Blood.
But the grand, and indeed substantially primary and generic aspect of the Consummation of Terror remains still to be looked at; nay blinkard The French Revolution
For if consummation was the obverse side of the coin at Niagara, death or the prospect of death was the reverse.
They oscillate be - tween intramundane and supramundane conceptions of the future, but throughout there persists the belief that the final consummation is “beyond history” and that on this earth there can be no assurance of con - tinuing betterment. Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Shall we ever have it? or will the irrational conservatism of the educated classes, in all time to come, prevent a consummation so desirable, and so desiderated by the philologist? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864
`The woman is left with a memory of perfect love and consummation...' `Yeah,' said Charlie, with no encouragement. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
What consoles gratifyingly , the government Department responsible for the work will have established even more, the consummation emergency communication mechanism to propose the agenda.
As a result, the urn pushes beyond the logic of consumer desire: where the consumer can at least hope for an imagined consummation from a given commodity, the urn makes that satisfaction impossible and emphasizes the paradoxical bliss one takes in an anticipation that is never fulfilled. Ode on a Grecian Urn
They oscillate be - tween intramundane and supramundane conceptions of the future, but throughout there persists the belief that the final consummation is “beyond history” and that on this earth there can be no assurance of con - tinuing betterment. Dictionary of the History of Ideas
While we're on the subject of payment, Perle stands to collect another $600,000 upon consummation of the Global Crossing deal.
If we knew of any chemical preparation by which we could change the color of our skins and straighten the kinks in our hair, we might hope to bring about the desired consummation at once, but alas, there is no catholicon for this ill, no mystic concoction in all the pharmacies of earth to work The Negro and the White Man
Instead of the third woe being detailed, the grand consummation is summarily noticed, the thanksgiving of the twenty-four elders in heaven for the establishment of Christ's kingdom on earth, attended with the destruction of the destroyers of the earth. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
In a story like way, these paintings display the process of love, ‘that moves from initial flirtations, to the ecstasies of physical love consummation, then to the anxieties of jealousy and rejection’.
The timing of that visit depended on the ‘final consummation of the peace process in Northern Ireland’, Mrs McAleese stressed.
Finally, consummation of the deal will bring to an end a significant drain on AIB's management time and leave it with more time and capital to focus on its other key overseas investment - in Poland.
The "Adventist" community, then, is one that believe in and practice "an open, hopeful expectation of the consummation of the coming of God. Magenta Past
Complaining of a stomach ailment, I had convinced Oglivie to leave the consummation of our marriage bed until tomorrow, when I was feeling better.
If those who hold the common doctrine of a carnal resurrection should carry it out with philosophical consistency, by extending the scheme it involves to all existing planetary races as well as to their own, should they cause that process of imagination which produced this doctrine to go on to its legitimate completion, they would see in the final consummation the sundered earths approach each other, and firmaments conglobe, till at last the whole universe concentred in one orb. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
For landowners, industrialists, financiers, the Catholic Church, and the military who witnessed the consummation of the Russian alliance in the state visit of Nicholas II to France in October 1896, it was an Indian summer.
In 1990, however, the rhetoric conveyed the impression also that multilateralism was to be an end in itself, the final apotheosis and consummation of the quest to extend the rules of the game to all potential players within it.
At the Palace Hotel, the consummation of a happy romance, strangely connected with the ill-fated Caspar, is about to be attained. THE PLAGUE SHIP
When this hermeneutic was applied consistently, the whole of Scripture became a vast panorama of interrelated events that pointed towards the final consummation of all things.
As the crowd waited outside, the macabre ritual in the prison itself approached its consummation.
Ultimately the sexing of Pride and Prejudice, though, was all trussed-up foreplay with no consummation.
The wounded unicorn recovers from its wounds amid obvious symbols of fertility: Symbol in part of the consummation of the marriage, the unicorn is tethered by a gold chain to the pomegranate tree of fertility.
In Chinese culture, whole pomegranates were rolled onto the floor of the wedding chamber to promote fruitfulness during the consummation of the marriage.
Its happy consummation is delayed over five volumes by intrigues, contretemps, and misunderstandings, many of them designed to exhibit the virtues and failings of Camilla, or to test and improve her character.
But if, on the other hand, his book be written in full, unblinking view of all that is fixed and limitary in man and around him, and if, in face of this, it conduct growth to its consummation, then we may give him something better than any praise, -- namely, heed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865
Mr. Sulzer, a Democrat, called his trial “a farce, a political lynching, the consummation of a deep-laid political conspiracy to oust me from office.” Joining the Ousted Governors’ Club - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
Origen: Or, Whilst the bridegroom "tarried," and the Word comes not speedily to the consummation of this life, the senses suffer, slumbering and moving in the night of the world; and sleep, as energizing feebly, and with no quick sense. Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
Will we finally see the consummation of a telecoms merger?
The consummation of their hope is set before them, along with the salvation of the world.
* Munus hoc quod in Christo est, -- in consummationem seculi nobiscum; hoc expectationis nostrae solatium, hoc in donorum operationibus futurae spei pignus est; hoc mentium lumen, hic splendour animorum est. Pneumatologia
Until that happy consummation, it will continue to hobble the Scottish economy and extinguish the spirit of enterprise it notionally champions.
Thus then rises the ascent or scale of advantages, as traced from beings of a more general character to such as have an interest in that summum bonum which is made out of the best condition and circumstances that the body can desire, together with the consummation of the rational or intelligent faculties. Cicero's Five Books De Finibus: Or, Concerning the Last Object of Desire and Aversion
* Munus hoc quod in Christo est, -- in consummationem seculi nobiscum; hoc expectationis nostrae solatium, hoc in donorum operationibus futurae spei pignus est; hoc mentium lumen, hic splendour animorum est. Pneumatologia
Whenever that consummation is attained the root of bitterness will have perished from the land; and when a few years shall have passed, blunting the hatred which has been excited by this fratricidal strife, the Americans of both the Northern and Southern States will perceive that the selfish policy of other nations would not have so rejoiced over their division had it not seemed, to those who loved them not, the proof of past failure and the prophecy of future weakness. Current Literature
The production of Canadian plays in London's West End and in other countries is not necessarily a consummation devoutly to be wished.
How the Administration plans to work toward that happy consummation is another of those awkward unanswered questions.
Virgine, et per eius conuersationem humillimam in eadem, ac per dolorosam mortis suæ consummationem ibidem, átque indè per eius admirandam resurrectionem, ac ascensionem in coelum, et postremò quia creditur illic in fine seculi reuersurus, et omnia iudicaturus: certum est, quòd ab omnibus qui Christiano nomine à The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville
History is certainly not a rational process nor is it a progressive march towards a harmonious consummation.
In Rupert Brooke the inspiration of the call obliterated the last trace of dilettante youth's pretensions, and he encountered darkness like a bride, and greeted the unseen death not with a cheer as a peril to be boldly faced, but as a great consummation, the supreme safety. Recent Developments in European Thought
In a few days the vessel went down the Thames from Deptford, and Ledyard thought it the happiest moment of his life; but such is the uncertainty of human expectations, while he was indulging in day-dreams of the fame and honour which awaited him, he was once more doomed to suffer the agonies of a disappointment to his hopes, the more severe, as being so near their consummation -- the vessel was seized by a custom-house officer, brought back, and exchequered. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828
In this cultural context the sexual consummation of the relationship may be less rewarding than was anticipated.
The consummation is when the seer looks up from earth into the unseen world, and has the future shown to him by angels, that is, apocalypse. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
As was mentioned earlier, it is a mitzvah which rules the principle of family purity and falls upon the woman, directly and exclusively, for she is the only person responsible for its consummation.
The consummation is one of which he may well be proud.
I note that the Husband did not make any allegation of non-consummation in his cross petition nor did he seek a decree of nullity.
With Cornelius, in fact, it was nothing less than the joy which Dante apprehended in the blessed spirits of the perfect, the outward semblance of which, like a reflex of physical light upon human faces from "the land which is very far off," we may trace from Giotto onward to its consummation in the work of Raphael -- the serenity, the [53] durable cheerfulness, of those who have been indeed delivered from death, and of which the utmost degree of that famed "blitheness" of the Greeks had been but a transitory gleam, as in careless and wholly superficial youth. Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate. Can America Survive?
Adultery here is defined even as the consummation of a marriage without the wedding rites.
The successful consummation of the band's fourth release started way before the amps were powered up and the tape machines started to whirl.
The consummation of this superiority would be the betrayal itself - that would set her above all others.
He found the latter consummation as difficult to envisage as any, but one never knew, something might turn up. IN LOVE AND WAR
What's to come for all these characters - marriages, consummations, and resolutions - is far from sure.
They got an annulment, which is why the non-consummation bit is important. Truth and Beauty
For if consummation was the obverse side of the coin at Niagara, death or the prospect of death was the reverse.
Verdi's dramas were often violent and bloody, from ‘Otello’ - the consummation of tragic opera - to his only comic opera ‘Falstaff’ which is perfection of the genre.
Lucrezia's first marriage was annulled on the grounds of non-consummation; her husband was lucky to escape with his life.
The final consummation is the great theme of the Gospel announced to, and by, the prophets (compare Ga 3: 8). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The Egyptian queen clutches the asp with a frightening tenacity, while the naked object of Zeus's golden shower grasps the coins from Olympus as one who fully understands the terms of the consummation being visited upon her.
The wild nature consummation embody the wolf!
He built the tenderness up slowly and carefully, until its consummation delivered a powerful emotional payoff.
The bold and brilliant dream which excited the founder of this nation still awaits its consummation.
At the seventh, the consummation is fully attained (Re 11: 15). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
I note that the Husband did not make any allegation of non-consummation in his cross petition nor did he seek a decree of nullity.
It is the ultimate and logical consummation of the victim culture: ‘We cannot keep our fingers out of the till - but it's not our fault, it's society that is to blame!’
It was consummation of a long, enduring affair.
There was no ultimate consummation of their affair, however.
The reality consists of an overriding concern with the physical consummation of their aborted marriage.
The consummation, the crowning glory of a well-lived life, happiness would be granted only to the worthy, the virtuous, the god-like happy few.
The funding of this financing is subject to certain conditions, including the consummation of the Equity Tender Offer.
* Till that blessed consummation is reached let all questions of minor importance be forgotten. The Curtained Throne
The funding of this financing is subject to certain conditions, including the consummation of the Equity Tender Offer.
'Hellenism' and nationality have become for him identical ideas; and when at last the hour of deliverance struck, he welcomed the Greek armies that marched into his country from the south and the east, after the fall of Yannina in the spring of 1913, with the same enthusiasm with which all the enslaved populations of native Greek dialect greeted the consummation of a century's hopes. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey
But as the deal moved toward consummation, the Goldman arrangement was never disclosed in public documents to AOL or Time Warner shareholders.
And considering that he has since remained largely true to this sound, it can be seen not only as the consummation of all he had worked toward, but a window to what he would later accomplish.
Better than that, it turns out they were married and she fled before the consummation of the marriage!
Yet those arts of design in which that younger people delights [221] have in them already, as designed work, that spirit of reasonable order, that expressive congruity in the adaptation of means to ends, of which the fully developed admirableness of human form is but the consummation -- Greek Studies: a Series of Essays
Extremely more importantly constructs and the consummation medicine information system management.
There are uncertainties about adequate scale and revenue, and the consummation of ever-larger mergers.
The use of force was not proposed, and even the threat of sanctions was delayed until after the consummation of the atrocities.
The funding of this financing is subject to certain conditions, including the consummation of the Equity Tender Offer.
If we knew of any chemical preparation by which we could change the color of our skins and straighten our hair we might hope to bring about the desired consummation at once, but alas, there is no catholicon for this ill, no mystic concoction in all the pharmacies of earth to work this miracle of color. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time
This was apparently nothing at all like the consummations that I had previously encountered in my dark marital bedroom.
In the absence of consummation, the union was questionable at best and easily dissoluble without debasing the sacrament of marriage.
Establishment and consummation of copyright collective management organization needs two steps.
He falls asleep on his wedding night before his bride, Nathalia, enters the bedroom and finds her groom snoring away oblivious to the possibilities of consummation.
Is this a ritual dance, a prelude to the consummation of a deal?
The world blocks the mind, stones in a river, but thought overflows these material dams, moving as one, a unity of disparates, given one direction by their natural place, rushing like music to a divine consummation; Archive 2005-06-01
Emphasising chastity over consummation, courtship over marriage, and desire over fulfilment, Platonic love inverts much of the medical advice for what Renaissance doctors hold to be healthy in romantic love.
For if consummation was the obverse side of the coin at Niagara, death or the prospect of death was the reverse.
Hence His human nature could not [4151] be understood, prior to the consummation of those things which had been predicted, that is, the advent of Christ. ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
The worst of the worst what is left after basic consummation the longitudinal fibroma of sugarcane stalks the iridescent pulp.
Sex is the private consummation of a public commitment.
It is really a prelude to the consummation of the marriage, which takes place typically at the end of the evening, or, in rural areas, at the end of several days' celebration.
It is about a 15-year-old boy who leaves home for a hobo life, finds companionship, the consummation of first love and a home in a deserted train carriage.
Instead, art - the work of art - finds itself locked in a double bind between self-contained consummation and self-contained exclusion.
What consoles gratifyingly , the government Department responsible for the work will have established even more, the consummation emergency communication mechanism to propose the agenda.
It represents consummation of the affair between the lovers.
The consummation of Eliot's appeal was the longest running musical in history, Cats.
The Church in the one instance is a kind of conveyancing office where the transaction is duly concluded, each party accepting the others 'terms; in the other case, a species of sheep-pen where the flock awaits impatiently and indolently the final consummation. Natural Law in the Spiritual World
Assuming that that consummation is yet to be arrived at, which we are very far indeed from admitting, is it necessary that, like the Israelites, she must pass through a desert in order to become a nation? The Contest in America
Franklin, 154 Mass. 515, 516 (‘The consummation of a marriage by coition is not necessary to its validity’).
To the fate felt in the blood and acknowledged by the intelligence is added concern for his partner as the disease gallops towards consummation.
He built the tenderness up slowly and carefully, until its consummation delivered a powerful emotional payoff.
After the consummation of the marriage, there is a period of seclusion until the young couple re-enters society.
The prospect of being included in possible violence, combined with the politics of destruction, was a consummation devoutly to be wished. THE ENDLESS GAME
Pythagorean system, to denote respectively the _monad_, or active principle of nature; the _duad_, or passive principle; the _triad_, or world emanating from their union; and the _quaterniad_, or intellectual science; the whole number of points amounting to ten, the symbol of perfection and consummation. The Symbolism of Freemasonry
But not all unions are the same, nor should the consummation of all unions be desired.
Seven years later, we are still waiting for the consummation of this technically challenging threat and the British press continue doing whatever it is that riles him so much, usually at airports.
He has lived this way, and this is the consummation of his generosity and this is the final oblation of his life to God, and it is the way he lived, and now it's the way he dies.

How To Use Consummation In A Sentence

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