How to Use convention in a Sentence

convention

noun
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  • Many sports shows have recently adopted the conventions of the talk show.
  • The award that by convention should have gone to the student with the highest grade went instead to the teacher's favorite.
  • He bought some new books at the science fiction convention.
  • As a matter of convention, the oldest members speak first.
  • The director's use of the usual romantic conventions made the film boring and predictable.
  • It's important to follow the conventions of punctuation in a paper for school.
  • They say school is just as important for teaching children social codes and conventions as for teaching math.
  • We go to the weeklong annual teachers' convention every summer.
  • The Democratic National Convention will meet next week to announce their party's candidate for president.
  • The main floor of the convention is at the Fontainebleau.
    — Glenn Garvin, miamiherald, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Of course, one of the jobs of a convention is to sell the candidate.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The new name for the convention center has yet to be announced.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2019
  • Tickets can be purchased up to the last day of the convention.
    — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Do a little research and find the convention that speaks to you.
    — Rose Surnow, Cosmopolitan, 18 Nov. 2016
  • His head was still spinning on the final night of the convention.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2020
  • At the convention, the cast and crew for the show spoke about how the show draws parallels with the present day.
    — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 20 July 2019
  • The weeks the convention were supposed to happen were the store’s biggest sales weeks of the year.
    — Dorany Pineda Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The two-year countdown to the convention has now begun.
    — Bill Glauber, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022
  • But there's much more to choose from outside the doors of the convention center.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Said 'many, many states' would like to have the convention.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 10 June 2020
  • The convention will be free to watch and available in hundreds of languages.
    — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The convention center served as a proxy for a city’s center.
    — Dawn Gilbertson and Harry Carr, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Here at the convention, most of the panelists aren’t even writers.
    — Jason Kehe, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The scene on some summer days can look like a boating convention.
    — Hannah Seligson, Town & Country, 30 June 2017
  • But not everyone at the convention collects the same things.
    — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Outside the convention hall, protesters held a sit-in near one of the doors.
    — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 18 Nov. 2023
  • That’s one of my favorite things about this convention.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 26 May 2018
  • This fragrance will enable you to defy convention and stand tall in the crowds.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The city’s convention center and a casino now occupy much of the land.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Politico was first to report the shortlist of convention sites.
    — Adam Brewster, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2022

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