CONVENTIONAL in a Sentence
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225 example sentences for CONVENTIONAL, such as:
1. She's very conventional in her views.
2. The officer's profanity sounded conventional.
3. The other houses are built to a more conventional design.
4. The disease is totally unresponsive to conventional treatment.
5. Their beauty shone out too boldly against a conventional background.
2. The officer's profanity sounded conventional.
3. The other houses are built to a more conventional design.
4. The disease is totally unresponsive to conventional treatment.
5. Their beauty shone out too boldly against a conventional background.
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Meanings and Examples of CONVENTIONAL
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conventional
a. based upon tradition rules; formed by agreement or compact
Classic Sentence: (171 in 12 pages)
1 Lily had such an air of always getting what she wanted that she was used to being appealed to as an intermediary, and, relieved of her vague apprehension, she took refuge in the conventional formula.
2 During the interlude of music which succeeded the TABLEAUX, the actors had seated themselves here and there in the audience, diversifying its conventional appearance by the varied picturesqueness of their dress.
3 It was not that she had, in the conventional sense, any doubt of Mrs. Hatch's irreproachableness.
4 Nine o'clock was an early hour for a visit, but Selden had passed beyond all such conventional observances.
5 Think how much better you can criticize conventional customs if you yourself live up to them, scrupulously.
6 Their beauty shone out too boldly against a conventional background.
7 But Lena had picked up all the conventional expressions she heard at Mrs. Thomas's dressmaking shop.
8 Within doors the appointments were perfect after the conventional type.
9 He possessed a good figure, a pleasing face, not overburdened with depth of thought or feeling; and his dress was that of the conventional man of fashion.
10 She draped it across the boy in graceful folds, and in a way to conceal his black, conventional evening dress.
11 And Jurgis looked the fellow squarely in the eye, and so the fellow wasted no time in conventional protests, but read him the deed.
12 He well knew that the authority of an Indian chief was so little conventional, that it was oftener maintained by physical superiority than by any moral supremacy he might possess.
13 The officer's profanity sounded conventional.
14 The men there seemed to be in conventional moods, altogether unaware of the impending annihilation.
15 But angry honesty made a 'bad man' of him, and mealy-mouthedness made a 'nice woman' of her, in the vicious, conventional channelling of sympathy by Mrs Bolton.
Example Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
1 According to conventional wisdom, voters usually make their choice on the basis of domestic issues.
2 Meanwhile, In Russia, hardliners contend that their nation should rely more on nuclear weapons to offset NATO's superiority in conventional military forces and to cope with the U.S. missile defense program, now creeping toward Russia's borders.
3 It is an excellent film that avoids the tedium of the conventional documentary.
4 The purchase price of a plug-in hybrid is expected to be considerably higher than for a conventional diesel car since the batteries are still expensive.
5 And will you consent to dispense with a great many conventional forms and phrases, without thinking that the omission arises from insolence?
6 The invention differs from many conventional fire proof thatch roof.
7 Her conventional suit was one calculated to appeal to the conservative judges.
8 Deeply iconoclastic, Jean Genet deliberately set out to shock conventional theatergoers with his radical plays.
9 We also provide traditional and conventional partial and full shipload cargo service, for example for individual projects or bulk hauling.
10 Their method can more than double the yield of certain mushroom species compared with conventional cultivation methods.
11 The disease is totally unresponsive to conventional treatment.
12 She's very conventional in her views.
13 He was an active if conventional soldier and citizen; and from early manhood he wrote plays.
14 His work brought him into conflict with more conventional scientists.
15 The other houses are built to a more conventional design.