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.
• There's also a bathhouse built on the back of the host's home with a conventional toilet and shower.
  — Cari Shane, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2023
• Jacob Walsh hit a conventional solo homer in the bottom of the sixth to give Oregon a 4-3 lead.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2023
• In fact, the arty posturing in La Chimera is rather conventional.
  — Armond White, National Review, 3 Apr. 2024
• Green funds tend to do about as well as their conventional counterparts, at least for now.
  — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2023
• At the 2022 Met Gala, the Spencer star eschewed conventional red carpet-wear and floor-length gowns for a cropped tuxedo with hot shorts from the French fashion house.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2023
• Koenig, meanwhile, decided to go for a less conventional red pin-stripe suit with a black button-down and messy bangs to tie it in.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
• In a conventional war, a U.S. carrier battle group could face scores of AS-4 missiles launched by dozens of bombers.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
• The wing directs the airflow above the driver’s head, eliminating the need for a conventional windscreen.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2023
• What will set this store apart from a conventional grocery store is its focus on local food and goods, Pioli said.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
• The actor is in the midst of promoting her new Netflix movie, Leave the World Behind, and lately she’s been showing off how to put a twist on more conventional looks.
  — Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• Arnett faces a tough task in converting his program from its Air Raid roots to a more conventional style of offense.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 17 July 2023
• What’s not clear is whether conventional Russian commanders have learned from what’s happened in Ukraine or how best to use these elite forces.
  — Alex Horton, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023
• The plug-in-hybrid powertrain isn't as polished as the conventional one either.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 1 Sep. 2023
• However, reviews largely agree that the rest of Rustin, while stirring, is a touch too conventional.
  — Vulture, 3 Nov. 2023
• To fuel the car, a driver pulls up to a pump similar to a conventional gasoline station and puts hydrogen into the tank.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• But years of conventional monoculture agriculture and the effects of climate change have damaged the soil.
  — Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• The shift back to more conventional cars marks a reversal of a strategy centered on EVs, which the company hoped would fetch higher prices at the counter and hold their value.
  — David Welch, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2024
• At times even a conventional smooth pass around midfield elicited sideline roars.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
• He’s supposed to have lunch with her deeply conventional parents, who have already arrived.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Aug. 2023
• McDonnell: Both of them came up in very conventional ways: being in a girl band; trying to get into Nashville, in Taylor’s case.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
• The war has since settled into a grinding—but conventional—stalemate.
  — Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2023
• Instead of making a straightforward comeback for his first project in over a decade, Rhymefest challenged himself — and aimed to transcend the boundaries of conventional hip-hop.
  — Mark Elibert, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2024
• Manchin can take the conventional political route of letting your opponents beat up on each other for a while, then assess and move from there.
  — Andrew Donaldson, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
• The device must still be connected to a conventional ultrasound machine to view the scans, but the team is working on a phone-sized device to analyze and transmit the data.
  — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
• If something didn’t fit the format of a commercial, conventional song, you were discouraged from checking it out.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2023
• The financing package enabled Cal-Coast to scout for conventional construction financing for this stage of the project.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024