How to Use constitute in a Sentence

constitute

verb

• Women constitute 70 percent of the student population at the college.
• 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
• But these hardly constitute the entirety of what gets in the way.
  — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
• And simply because many of those facts were part of the play, that did not constitute infringement.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2020
• In its judgment, the district court found that the deed transfer did not legally constitute a sale.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2019
• Facts would not constitute a violation of the Code unless the Supreme Court says so.
  — Chris Forsyth, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
• In fact, viruses constitute about two-thirds of all new human pathogens.
  — Raúl Rivas González, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
• Clearly, this only constitutes a small blip as things stand and hardly a sign everything is falling apart.
  — Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
• That’s when the racial and ethnic disparity is most vivid because those who show up constitute the pool from which jurors who sit on trials are selected.
  — Harry Weller, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025