How to Use confab in a Sentence

confab

noun

• This was Roth-Con, a confab of Philip stans in the belly of Rothlandia.
  — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
• At least the sea bass served at the U.N. confab represents progress.
  — Kevin Maney, Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2017
• This week’s Davos confab is sure to be more sobering than most.
  — Jennifer Duggan, Time, 15 Jan. 2023
• Rolf texted Durkan a few hours after the confab in Seattle.
  — Lewis Kamb, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2018
• Many other pols are poised to speak at the party confab, the state party said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• Here are the big stories—and the big absences—from the last 24 hours at gaming's biggest confab.
  — Julie Muncy, WIRED, 12 June 2019
• But what was clear from the outset was that the Swiss confab wasn’t going to move the needle either way.
  — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2024
• New Nordic Films’ confab in Haugesund, which runs Aug 23-26.
  — Annika Pham, Variety, 24 Aug. 2022
• The action takes place in the fictional Vista Al Mar comics confab.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
• That's the theme of this bizarre confab soon to roll into Los Angeles.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2011
• Here are some key issues to watch for at the GOP confab, which lasts until Sunday.
  — Alexei Koseff, sacbee, 4 May 2018
• The annual confab, closed to the press and outside observers, was started by Bill Gates in 1997.
  — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 14 May 2017
• After the confab, Tillerson will fly to Turkey, where the Syria plan is likely to be raised as well.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 7 July 2017
• The question of who knew what, and when, has been raised at these confabs, according to people with knowledge of them.
  — Joe Pompeo, The Hive, 7 Dec. 2017
• The confab marks the CW’s return to the venue for the first time in two years after the coronavirus pandemic scuttled most mass events.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Jan. 2022
• To be fair, this confab seems to have become Roshomon-like, according to Werner Krauss.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2011
• But the peak moments came and went, often within a phrase or two, a confab that felt short-circuited at times.
  — Martin Wisckol, Orange County Register, 11 June 2017
• Even the city’s annual hedge fund confab gives off a new vibe this election season.
  — Michael Smith, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2024
• Reid was announced to speak at this year's confab last November.
  — Andy Gensler, Billboard, 19 May 2017
• The confab, headquartered at the city’s Cobo Center, ends Sunday.
  — Donna Owens, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2017
• The event has done the one thing such confabs are supposed never to do, which is expose the truth about climate change and the race to net-zero carbon emissions.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
• Matrone caught sight of their confab and watched the two men in worried conversation.
  — Joshua Hammer, GQ, 26 July 2017
• One report suggests that Xi was injured by a chair hurled during a fractious confab of CCP princelings.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Oct. 2022
• The company is projecting a nightly rate of $163 for this week’s confab.
  — Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 July 2017
• Still, some of the tensions underlying the global confab weren't hard to detect.
  — Fox News, 24 Sep. 2018
• VidCon also has opened ticket sales for the 2023 Anaheim confab, with more info at this link.
  — Variety, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
• Many insiders had expected to screen the first episode — what had been a common practice for new shows at the pop culture confab.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2017
• McCarthy emerged from the White House confab with optimistic lines about the potential for common ground.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2023
• Here’s a shot to charm the league’s Commissioner Adam Silver, also at the confab, into giving the company a few games.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 July 2024
• Many of the speakers throughout the confab in Milwaukee have struck a similar note, including Vance.
  — Eric Cortellessa / Milwaukee, TIME, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024