How to Use conventional in a Sentence

conventional

adjective

• His views on dating are more conventional than those of some of his friends.
• While microwaves heat up food more quickly, most food tastes better when it is cooked in a conventional oven.
• The number sign is the conventional symbol for labeling something measured in pounds.
• Most of her books are conventional detective stories.
• The process cuts conventional costs in half.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
• The quadruped bot has four legs that can be equipped with wheels instead of conventional foot pads.
  — New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
• More conventional politicians are at a loss on how to respond to all of this.
  — Jonathan Portes, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
• None of the shows will be in locations that look like a conventional gallery space.
  — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
• None of the lodges have a conventional lobby or check-in desk, nor any signage.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
• Henry didn’t fit the conventional view of what a running back should look like.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 2 Dec. 2022
• Green funds tend to do about as well as their conventional counterparts, at least for now.
  — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2023
• Just as with conventional products, too much of a good thing can cause problems.
  — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
• Ina calls for kosher salt to season, which tastes about half as salty as conventional table salt.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
• So by conventional standards, the odds are long.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
• The duo are doing it through a smartphone app and conventional scales.
  — Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
• This creature doesn’t eat in a conventional sense.
  — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
• No country could prevail against us in a conventional war.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2026
• Just heat them in an air fryer, microwave, or conventional oven.
  — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 3 Mar. 2026
• Two and a half years ago, Cameron had a heart block and was too small for a conventional pacemaker.
  — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
• That creates loads of problems for a conventional radar.
  — Haley Ott, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
• The path to Pfizer’s new request has not been a conventional one.
  — Serena Coady, SELF, 2 Feb. 2022
• These were not harmonious teams in the conventional sense.
  — Bill Fischer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• And at the end, the core of all of this is this desire to be free of the conventional sort of molds that she has been confined to.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
• This isn’t a basic, conventional hotel in any sense.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026
• But the rest of Davis’s life can hardly be described as conventional.
  — Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-Lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Jamie Lauren Keiles Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• The two-hour-and-six-minute set wasn't a conventional tribute show — much to its benefit.
  — Piet Levy, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
• Each of these loans boasts lower rates than conventional mortgages, among other perks.
  — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 12 June 2026
• There’s also plenty of more conventional hardware, like lights and front fork shocks.
  — ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
• For me, the fear doesn't come from jump scares or conventional horror, but from the way Levin builds unease.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
• This is not to say that conventional therapies come without costs.
  — Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025