Sample sentences for CONTINGENT

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
the Canadian contingent

Definition

a sub-group united by something in common

in various senses, including:

contingent = group

Other Uses (with this meaning)

contingent = group

the Annex contingent and the Supply Corps all mixed up together, and that in the middle of the day!
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

contingent = group

But the rest of the team, he said — the MaddAddamite contingent — was confined to base for the duration.
Margaret Atwood -- Oryx and Crake

contingent = group

At the corner of Arlington Street our contingent got out and strolled into the Green Park.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

contingent = group

I followed behind the Strauss contingent up to the second floor as they tried to discover where the ventilator led to.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

contingent = a sub-group united by something in common

The hit of the village was the Japanese contingent, whose tradition of prodigious gift giving made them the collective Santa Claus of the Games.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

contingent = group

They left a small headquarters contingent behind as they moved out.
Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels

contingent = a sub-group united by something in common

The male members of the van Daan contingent have built a very handy wood-stained food safe, with real screens.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

contingent = group

A good example of the explicit warnings of the male contingent is the following conversation with Jan: Annex: "We're afraid that when the Germans retreat, they'll take the entire population with them."
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

contingent = group

2 —as in:
contingent upon

Definition

determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established

We made an offer to buy the house, but the offer is contingent upon our selling our existing home before closing the sale on the new one.

contingent = determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established

Other Uses (with this meaning)

contingent = determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established

Kids came and went, desks filled and emptied, friendship was always contingent.
Margaret Atwood -- Oryx and Crake

contingent = determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established

Language itself had lost its solidity; it had become thin, contingent, slippery, a viscid film on which he was sliding around like an eyeball on a plate.
Margaret Atwood -- Oryx and Crake
He is mad about being small when you were big, but no, that's not it, he is mad about being helpless when you were powerful, but no, not that either, he is mad about being contingent when you were necessary, not quite it, he is insane because when he loved you, you didn't notice.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

contingent = determined by conditions or circumstances

arms sales contingent on the approval of congress
Let us, then, look at this matter, along with some interesting items contingent.
Melville, Herman -- Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV

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