Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventicle
Noun
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Without my father’s booming presence, our house was strangely quiet.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026 -
Many public spaces within the Mountain House have ADA-compliant routes to enter, exit, and move around the house freely.—
Katie Mathews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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On Thursday mornings, my high school’s upper grades gathered in our meetinghouse—a spartan, Italianate-style building whose wooden benches bore the etchings of a century and a half of antsy pencils and fingernails—and, for an hour, sat in near-total silence.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2026
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The shooting took place after an argument reportedly broke out during a funeral service at a local meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His arms shot down; the Arkestra cut to hush; the hall tremored with complicated silence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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But right now, she was headed to see a repertory screening of Out of Africa down the hall.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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Stafford, who turns 38 on Saturday, worked through a back issue that sidelined him for all of training camp and passed for a league-best 46 touchdowns and 4,707 yards.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Al-Habil, a Hamas cell commander, was killed in the airstrike in Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp, the IDF said in a statement.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Conventicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventicle. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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