Conform

//kənˈfɔːm//

"Conform" in a Sentence (18 examples)

You should conform to the rules.

You must conform to the rules.

These measurements conform to the blueprints.

Since you're a member of this sports club, you'll have to conform to its rules.

We must conform to the rules.

We should conform to the customs of society.

We have to conform to the rules.

Man lives in a community, and has to conform to a social pattern.

She won't conform to the town's social patterns.

We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think — in fact they do so.

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There is a worm by Phoebus bred, By leaves of mulberry is fed, Which unprovided where to dwell, Conforms itself to weave a cell.

The sensual man conforms thoughts to things; the poet conforms things to his thoughts.

When Nos. 1870 to 1879 emerged, in 1902, the circular front windows of the cab had given place to much larger windows, conforming to the shape of the cab roof on top and the firebox top below, [...].

[H]e had a dispensation for conforming in outward observances to the Protestant faith.

[B]y conforming to the dress and habits of the Gauchos, he has obtained an unbounded popularity in the country.

In any case, most of these sharks are gray or grayish, and they certainly are typical in that they conform to everyone's idea of what a shark is supposed to look like.

In height and breadth it conformed to the prescribed measurements laid down by the rules of the contest.

A judge in a Texas widow’s lawsuit over the Merck drug Vioxx reduced a $32 million jury award to about $7.75 million on Thursday so that it conformed to state law.

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