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"Conventional" in a Sentence (15 examples)
Plastics have taken the place of many conventional materials.
The new product will not be distributed through conventional channels.
His invention is superior to conventional equipment.
They are conventional in their judgement.
He made a few conventional remarks about the event.
Conventional people are roused to fury by departures from convention, largely because they regard such departures as a criticism of themselves.
There must be a conventional procedure having a conventional effect.
Why are conventional language classes so boring?
The news interview under investigation follows the conventional pattern of the turn-taking system, which consists of answers following questions.
The women in this film are dressed in a very conventional way.
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A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.
“You’re not conventional?” Isabel gravely asked. “I like the way you utter that word! No, I’m not conventional: I’m convention itself. You don’t understand that?”
Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.
The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
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