Used in a Sentence

conscious

How to use conscious in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for conscious.

Editorial note

Some are self-conscious to be bailed out even when they haven't "snitched". 4.

Examples21
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of conscious gathered in one view.

adjective

intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"

adjective

knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed"

adjective

(followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something; "few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for conscious.

adjective

intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"

adjective

knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed"

adjective

(followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something; "few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy

Example sentences

1

Some are self-conscious to be bailed out even when they haven't "snitched". 4.

2

Make a conscious effort not to believe these things anymore. Raise your children not to believe these things.

3

And the worst part is, it's surely conscious on nobody's part. There have even been studies showing this effect.

4

My conscious mind has been locked out of the tight-loop, the vicious cycle of a synapses being fired and keys chorded. It's all muscle memory.

5

What sets great and security conscious companies apart from the rest is how they deal with them. This is an examplary response from google.

6

- People who have made a conscious decision to support the producer of the content. - People who fear enforcement of copyright law.

7

It's conscious on a lot of people's parts. I've also heard "no women, no sexual harassment suits" enough from people in tech to assume that there are a lot of bigots not dumb enough to admit it out loud.

8

Those brave warriors sure had their "fun" with a semi-conscious unarmed drunk guy that day. Plenty of speeches later about defending the public and being tough on crime.

9

What I try to keep conscious of is knowing what's reported in the media and what isn't, which are often 2 completely different worlds. On TechCrunch, "kid genius makes $100m" is the story they want.

10

I thought we were all much more conscious of how these types of programs start to spin out of control. I've read about this happening to a guy that photographs underground missile silo's/bunkers already.

11

Brilliant marketing play - I wonder if it's a conscious move by the Android alliance, or it's just playing out naturally?

12

That's why this topic hits home for me: I've made a conscious decision not to pursue the lists. Instead, I'm going to focus all of my attention on creating useful, valuable books that are interesting to read, then make sure the right readers know they exist.

13

I have made a conscious decision to collude illegally in order to suppress the wages of my own employees because I frankly don't think us folks at the top are getting enough of the pie. So we're going to take more - not through our talent, but through our power.

14

And if there's one thing I've learned in my life as it relates to this, it's that it you're conscious of "being yourself" in any way at all you're probably not being yourself at all.

15

Ubuntu can no longer be used by any self-respecting or privacy-conscious company or individual. Imagine the CTO of IBM - "So, this Ubuntu is adware?

16

Job ads provide cues, conscious and subconscious, to the people reading them. Not everyone reading the ad is identical to the person writing it, and a badly written job ad can easily send the message "this company isn't for you" to a large number of skilled potential applicants.

17

This concept and forward thinking is of the type I make a conscious effort to protect from skepticism and naysayers. Aside from any obvious or glaring safety issues, ideas like this one, that teeter on the reality-joke line, are the exact ones that bring about true disruption.

18

This is why discrimination is so difficult to counteract it's rarely a conscious or malicious process. I discriminate against people every day, and I'm discriminated against every day.

19

I remember a visit to the dentists where the local anesthetic went into a vein/artery/something and I nearly passed out - the dentist activated some feature of his dental chair that rapidly put me in a position where my feet were higher then my head - helping keep me conscious. I would quite like that feature to help me cope with some conference calls.

20

I agree the regulations are not perfect, but people have to understand it comes from a conscious political decision to protect residents. And this by the way is why you need a government to create such rules, because contrary to what people like the man in this article might think, the market equilibrium is not always the most desirable situation.

21

It was an organised attack, meant to ruin a person's life and deter anyone who wants to fight for information freedom, coordinated by well off, educated people who made conscious choices, had access to all the facts, were reminded repeatedly by the media how ridiculous and immoral their actions were and did it all for the political and financial benefit of special interests and the serfdom of everyone else. These people were informed, they had to know how malevolent they were acting towards Aaron and those who try to maintain freedom and democracy in the digital world.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use conscious in a sentence?

Some are self-conscious to be bailed out even when they haven't "snitched". 4.

What does conscious mean?

intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"

What part of speech is conscious?

conscious is commonly used as adjective.