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US
/ɪnˈsu/
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[ UK /ɛnsjˈuː/ ]
[ UK /ɛnsjˈuː/ ]
VERB
-
issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
result in tragedy
How To Use ensue In A Sentence
- Instead a great deal of difficult negotiation ensued. ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
- Hence it is best when it can be recently taken from a patient in the disease; or otherwise it may be diluted with part of a drop of warm water, since its fluidity is likely to occasion its immediate absorption; and the wound should be made as small and superficial as possible, as otherwise ulcers have been supposed sometimes to ensue with subaxillary abscesses. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
- A long wrangle ensued about what exactly was binding on the Army. The English Civil War: A People's History
- The film takes the myth of the werewolf and transplants it into a small-town community and carnage ensues.
- The atmosphere grew tenser and an awkward pause ensued.
- When Abraham won the war, there ensued a brief parley between himself and the king of Sodom.
- I gazed in wonder at the chaos that ensued in the beer gardens at night, at the pure unadulterated fun that was going on at all times.
- A windfall profits tax is exactly how it sounds; it is a higher tax rate on profits that ensue from a sudden windfall gain to a particular company. Ah, gerrymandering. | RedState
- Much comic toing and froing ensues, all done with a superb lightness of touch. Times, Sunday Times
- European settlers nearly wiped them out and mass battles ensued with cowboys. The Sun