| 1. | It is the armchair geniality of the eighteenth century essayists, a constituent of the author rather than of his material and product. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 2. | This substitute, however, was still obliged to account to his principal or constituent for the profits of the jurisdiction. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 3. | The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 4. | "I see to your domestics you are 'my lord,' the journalists style you 'monsieur,' while your constituents call you 'citizen.' These are distinctions very suitable under a constitutional government. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |