Consigned

Examples

• The boy sighed deeply, and, bestowing an ardent gaze upon its plumpness, unwillingly consigned it to his master. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Hall she left to Caroline--or rather, it was to Caroline's care Mr. Hall consigned himself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He went and put her shawl--it was a white cashmere, consigned to her by the Major himself from India--over her shoulders. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The dead were wrapped in tarpaulins and lashed on deck to be identified by their comrades before being consigned to the deep. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The manner in which you were consigned to me last night made me doubt. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is to sell, upon their master's account, the European goods consigned to them, and to buy, in return, Indian goods for the European market. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It was consigned to Mr. Abe Slaney, Elriges Farm, East Ruston, Norfolk. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Practically the entire first floors are used as a receiving department, where all the material consigned to the company is checked and inspected. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• You are consigned, Evremonde, to the prison of La Force. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

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