Sample Sentences for
conscious
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conscious as in:  conscious after the operation

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    She is conscious and alert, but very weak.
    conscious = awake
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    At least some of the crew were probably alive and at least briefly conscious after the Challenger space shuttle broke up.
    conscious = aware of surroundings
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    Did she lose consciousness from the accident?
    consciousness = awareness of surroundings
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    He was unconscious before he hit the ground.  (source)
    unconscious = in a state similar to sleep where one is not aware of anything
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    Then he crawled into the sleeping bag his mother had sewn for him and slipped into unconsciousness.  (source)
    unconsciousness = sleep
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciousness means not and reverses the meaning of consciousness. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    Slowly, with the arrival of consciousness, it sank, seemingly into the floor.  (source)
    consciousness = wakefulness
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    "Conscious," he smiled, "and cantankerous."  (source)
    Conscious = awake
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    Above them, in ten successive layers of dormitory, the little boys and girls who were still young enough to need an afternoon sleep were as busy as every one else, though they did not know it, listening unconsciously to hypnopaedic lessons in hygiene and sociability, in class-consciousness and the toddler's love-life.  (source)
    unconsciously = while asleep
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    The boy fell to the sand, nearly unconscious.  (source)
    unconscious = in a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anything
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    And the dogs took off again, running for him, and I went into the sleep-unconsciousness once more.†  (source)
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    He drifted slowly back to consciousness.  (source)
    consciousness = wakefulness
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    Now that I'm conscious and moving, I'm growing more and more anxious about him.  (source)
    conscious = awake
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    It's a mystery, then, how people can have premonitions while sleeping, how they can do something unconsciously that has defeated our greatest sages.  (source)
    unconsciously = in a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anything
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conscious as in:  a conscious effort to lose weight

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    It was a conscious decision to investigate less so we could get a report faster.
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    She makes a conscious effort to keep that image.
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    I didn't make a conscious decision to read more, but I found myself reading one mystery after another.
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    The buried cider was half-consciously plotted at the hub of the carnival.  (source)
    consciously = intentionally (on purpose)
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    To resist takes a tremendous conscious effort; you don't dare let your guard down for an instant.  (source)
    conscious = intentional (done on purpose with effort)
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    In the days that followed, I wrote that passage everywhere—unconsciously, compulsively.  (source)
    unconsciously = not intentionally (without thought or plan)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    A very faint whimpering or squeaking, which seemed unconscious, came out of him.  (source)
    unconscious = unintentional
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    Miss Baker and I exchanged a short glance consciously devoid of meaning.  (source)
    consciously = intentionally (on purpose)
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    Like many of the Jews believed, he didn't think the hatred could last, and it was a conscious decision not to follow Hitler.  (source)
    conscious = intentional (done on purpose)
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    He was twisting his hands now, unconsciously.  (source)
    unconsciously = without intent (not done on purpose for a reason)
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    If this new phase was spontaneous, or in any way due to her unconscious influence, she must have some rare gift or power.  (source)
    unconscious = unintentional
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    Whether she consciously summoned it, I don't know.†  (source)
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    If she were to hurt him a second time, though, it would be a conscious act.  (source)
    conscious = intentional or done with awareness
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conscious as in:  environmentally conscious

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    She is environmentally conscious.
    conscious = aware and concerned
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    As she spoke, she became increasing conscious that her opinion was unpopular.
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    She considers it her responsibility to be conscious of her influence on young fans.
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    This model is popular amongst those who are cost-conscious.
    conscious = aware and concerned
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    It's natural for her to dance that way, but she's also conscious of what causes boys to react.
    conscious = aware
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    The restaurant serves delicious food at a reasonable price, but is most popular among those who are health-conscious.
    conscious = aware and concerned
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    One part of his consciousness knew that he was still lying there, on the bed, in the Annex room.  (source)
    consciousness = awareness
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    He looked around, and Lina felt suddenly self-conscious, seeing her room through his eyes.  (source)
    self-conscious = uncomfortable about what others might think
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    He spoke the words haltingly and with a terrible self-consciousness.  (source)
    self-consciousness = nervousness or discomfort about what others would think of him
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    Cinder self-consciously rubbed her cyborg hand through the glove.†  (source)
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    Lucy chatted with me freely, and seemed quite unconscious that anything had happened.  (source)
    unconscious = unaware
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    He'd forgotten anyone could be so totally unself-conscious in a world where self-absorption had become a religion.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is more commonly spelled unselfconscious.
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    His heart rose in remembrance of the childish enthusiasms he'd had as a small boy-the songs he was not afraid to sing in the presence of adults he hardly knew, the way he had skipped and danced on the street, unselfconsciously-for these brought him to his own child.†  (source)
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conscious as in:  the conscious mind

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    I instinctively grabbed at the gun without conscious thought.
    conscious = mental activity of which one is self-aware
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    She planted a hypnotic suggestion in an attempt to bypass the conscious mind.
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    They shifted and then moved and quickly evaporated from his conscious mind.  (source)
    conscious = mental activity of which one is aware
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    He had unconsciously invented a game which brought his own athletic gifts to their highest pitch.  (source)
    unconsciously = not in a self-aware manner
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconsciously, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.
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    IT was the most horrible, the most repellent thing she had ever seen, far more nauseating than anything she had ever imagined with her conscious mind, or that had ever tormented her in her most terrible nightmares.  (source)
    conscious = mentally aware
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    Our opposites are always robed in sexual sin, and it is from this unconscious conviction that demonology gains both its attractive sensuality and its capacity to infuriate and frighten.  (source)
    unconscious = mental activity of which one is unaware
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconscious, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.
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    It is not conscious; it is far quicker, much more sure, less fallible, than consciousness.  (source)
    consciousness = mental activity of which one is self-aware
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    That was the ultimate subtlety: consciously to induce unconsciousness, and then, once again, to become unconscious of the act of hypnosis you had just performed.  (source)
    unconsciousness = mental activity of which one is unaware
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciousness means not and reverses the meaning of consciousness. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky. Also note that while many people use this as a synonym for subconsciousness, experts in the mind may distinguish a difference.
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    The whole time I've been here I've longed unconsciously and at times consciously for trust, love and physical affection.  (source)
    consciously = in a self-aware manner
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    Kai turned to her, unconsciously taking a step away.†  (source)
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    "We shall start by practicing relaxing the conscious mind and external eyes" — Ron began to snigger uncontrollably and had to stuff his fist in his mouth to stifle the noise — "so as to clear the Inner Eye and the superconscious."  (source)
    conscious = mentally self-aware
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    On a Sunday, when you can indulge in your own thoughts and forget the army and its demands, all the ideas you usually hide in your unconscious mind come up.  (source)
    unconscious = the part of the mind with activity of which one is not aware
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    It was curious how that predestined horror moved in and out of one's consciousness.  (source)
    consciousness = awareness
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conscious as in:  conscious life on other planets

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    The subtitle is Evolution from the Big Bang to Conscious Life.
    conscious = capable of thought, self-reflection, and will
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    He was, actually, the first modern man, a fully conscious human being, just like us.  (source)
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    There was time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be time after.  (source)
    consciousness = the state of being capable of thought and self-reflection
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    The plants possessed a different type of consciousness than animals: slow, deliberate, and decentralized, but in their own way just as cognizant of their surroundings as Eragon himself was.  (source)
    consciousness = capability of thought, self-reflection, and will
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    "Sunny Jim," as admirers called him, was thus entangled in the racetrack from the beginning of his conscious life.  (source)
    conscious = capable of free will
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    "Not your fault, Hazel Grace. We're all just side effects, right?" "Barnacles on the container ship of consciousness," I said, quoting AIA.  (source)
    consciousness = the state of being capable of thought, self-reflection, and will
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    I screamed to wake up my parents, and they burst into the room, but there was nothing they could do to dim the supernovae exploding inside my brain, an endless chain of intracranial firecrackers that made me think that I was once and for all going, and I told myself—as I've told myself before—that the body shuts down when the pain gets too bad, that consciousness is temporary, that this will pass.  (source)
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    I think the universe is improbably biased toward consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed.  (source)
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    He died after a lengthy battle with human consciousness, a victim—as you will be—of the universe's need to make and unmake all that is possible.  (source)
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    If every part of an Unwind is still alive, then that consciousness has to go somewhere, doesn't it?  (source)
    consciousness = part of a human that is capable of thought, self-reflection, and will
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    "I don't know what happens to our consciousness when we're unwound," says Connor.  (source)
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    I don't even know when that consciousness starts.  (source)
    consciousness = the state of being capable of thought, self-reflection, and will
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    He imagines his spirit like a web strung between the thousand recipients of his hands, his eyes, the fragments of his brain—none of it under his control anymore, all absorbed by the bodies and wills of others. Could consciousness exist like that?  (source)
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