How to Use convey in a Sentence

convey

verb
  • The pipes convey water to the fields.
  • They conveyed the goods by ship.
  • He conveyed the estate to his son.
  • The singer was conveyed from her hotel to the airport by limousine.
  • The message conveyed a sense of urgency.
  • Even the trailer didn't quite convey what the show was.
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The message conveyed by both camps was that mum’s the word.
    Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The prison was the perfect place to convey that [part of the] story.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
  • But the patch that was cut out didn’t quite convey that.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • Again, make sure those rights convey to the brand in the contract.
    Jim Tobin, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The best part of this offer is that the $200 bonus can convey win or lose.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The wager doesn’t even have to win for the $200 in bet credits to convey.
    cleveland, 28 Jan. 2023
  • In 2024, that just feels like the wrong message to convey to our kids.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Miller added that Patrick didn’t have to convey his feelings about the process.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The facility had a plan for the storm that was conveyed to us by the staff.
    Lisa J. Huriash, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Wasn’t that what drew him to the theater, to convey a message?
    John Leland, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The purpose of the core message is to convey your focus.
    Liana Zavo, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The Heat’s pick that will be conveyed to the Thunder for the June draft will be at No. 15 overall.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
  • What is the best and proper way to convey my apologies?
    Judith Martin, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Cuban said the drawings convey what the towers meant to New York and the country.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • With black: the mix of grey and black conveys strength and modernity.
    René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The star knows when to use her moment to convey a message.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2018
  • This refund will convey in the form of a free bet token.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2022
  • If the patient sees changes that need to be made while wearing the temp teeth, that can be conveyed to the lab.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 28 Feb. 2019
  • If their team makes a three and loses the game, the $200 three-pointer bonus will still convey.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Anything longer than a few words was best conveyed in a call.
    Michael Zelenko, The Verge, 3 May 2018
  • Cline writes in a sleek, cool style that conveys both Alex’s naivete and her mirthless irony.
    Ron Charles, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • That whole trip, my daughters just conveyed their pride in me.
    Wendy Davis, Cosmopolitan, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Bad Logic Your prompts may not convey the full picture—and AI loves to take shortcuts.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But islanders say the videos can't convey the enormous complexities of the challenges their communities face.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025

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