Consecutive can be categorized as an adjective and an adverb.
Adjective |
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| consecutive - in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" | ||
| consecutive - one after the other; "back-to-back home runs" | ||
| consecutive - successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" | ||
Adverb |
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| consecutive - in a consecutive manner; "we numbered the papers consecutively" |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | adj. | Stock prices declined for five consecutive days. | |
| 2. | adj. | This is the fifth consecutive day of decline of stock prices. | |
| 3. | adj. | The trial lasted for ten consecutive days. | |
| 4. | adj. | It snowed for ten consecutive days. | |
| 5. | adj. | A majority of Japanese workers plan to take more than three consecutive days of summer vacation. | |
| 6. | adj. | Steel output set a record for two consecutive years. | |
| 7. | adj. | Next Monday and Tuesday are consecutive holidays. | |
| 8. | adj. | After countless calls to the radio and countless newspaper ads in several consecutive days, people flocked to the festival. There are devoured tons of hamburgers that were offered there in abundance, and drunk liters of beer. As a result was a large number of drunks and thus, massive work for the legions of attending paramedics who had already acquired a huge experience of such mass gatherings at countless other parties. | |
| 9. | adj. | By three consecutive weddings the Austrian monarchy became the dominant house of Europe for a quarter of a century. | |
| 10. | adj. | The coach urged his team not to be complacent following their four consecutive wins. | |
| 11. | adj. | She has been a nominee on five occasions, three of them in consecutive years. | |
| 12. | adj. | Dan was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences. | |
| 13. | adj. | Tom has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences. | |
| 14. | adj. | Sami's mental illness didn't alleviate his punishment. He got two consecutive life sentences. | |
| 15. | adj. | Layla was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. |
| Sentence | |
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| adj. | |
| Stock prices declined for five consecutive days. | |
| This is the fifth consecutive day of decline of stock prices. | |
| The trial lasted for ten consecutive days. | |
| It snowed for ten consecutive days. | |
| A majority of Japanese workers plan to take more than three consecutive days of summer vacation. | |
| Steel output set a record for two consecutive years. | |
| Next Monday and Tuesday are consecutive holidays. | |
| After countless calls to the radio and countless newspaper ads in several consecutive days, people flocked to the festival. There are devoured tons of hamburgers that were offered there in abundance, and drunk liters of beer. As a result was a large number of drunks and thus, massive work for the legions of attending paramedics who had already acquired a huge experience of such mass gatherings at countless other parties. | |
| By three consecutive weddings the Austrian monarchy became the dominant house of Europe for a quarter of a century. | |
| The coach urged his team not to be complacent following their four consecutive wins. | |
| She has been a nominee on five occasions, three of them in consecutive years. | |
| Dan was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences. | |
| Tom has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences. | |
| Sami's mental illness didn't alleviate his punishment. He got two consecutive life sentences. | |
| Layla was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. | |