How to Use conform in a Sentence

conform

verb

• Most teenagers feel pressure to conform.
• Use the palm of your hand to conform to the curved surface of the lens.
  — Michael Austin, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2017
• Use the palm of your hand to conform to the curved surface of the lens.
  — Michael Austin, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2017
• The waist sits high and snug, while the hint of stretch conforms to your curves.
  — Paula Lee, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2024
• The British pressure to conform comes from the bottom up as well as the top down.
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 2 June 2022
• These have motors in the headlamps that bend the beams to conform to road changes.
  — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 26 June 2020
• Knot the ear loops for a tighter fit, and use the metal nose bar to help the mask conform to the contours of your face.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 20 Apr. 2022
• The bean bag is filled with polystyrene beads that conform to your shape.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
• But the pressure to conform was too much for a little kid.
  — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2020
• And my career has had to conform to these rules for too long.
  — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 6 May 2021
• Then, many of us feel the pressure to conform to trends and change our hair and makeup.
  — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 18 Jan. 2024
• If your preferences don’t align with the home decor trends of the week, month, or year, don’t feel the need to conform.
  — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• The fact that the lovers conform to a type, in their sighing and gasping, seems to buoy up, not to pop, the erotic mood.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• Those who can conform, who can subjugate their egos for the greater good of the team, will thrive.
  — Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2019
• The elastic stays in tip-top shape and the sock conforms tightly to your foot through dozens of washes.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• Yes, that was challenging, but to have to conform to that.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• The new rules conform to other changes in the Catholic Church’s handling of abuse that were issued in the last four years.
  — Nicole Winfield, al, 25 Mar. 2023
• That would mean Peña did not know right from wrong or couldn’t conform to the law, Polumbaum said.
  — Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022
• The greatest action is not conforming with the world's ways.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 12 July 2023
• The lawmakers hope that the plan would conform with Senate rules.
  — Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2021
• Douglas carved out a sled to fit his body, adjusting the frame and sticks to conform to his needs.
  — Jane Rogers, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2018
• There’s so much pressure to not respond that way—to conform.
  — Bach Mai, Vogue, 18 June 2022
• Not conforming to a gender brings a set of challenges to Hazel in school.
  — Ricky Pinela, orlandosentinel.com, 26 July 2019
• The goal is to conform with where the search engine is going and mitigate risk.
  — Gyi Tsakalakis, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• And if that doesn't conform to the president's message, so be it.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022
• The latter was to conform with a new state law, officials said.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2022
• There is no need to conform to try and fit some leadership mold.
  — Teddy McDarrah, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• And refuse to conform to a space filled with cookies, cupcakes and copycats.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
• As a result, the emissions conform to the standards of the federal Clean Air Act.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
• Pressure to conform — from teachers and peers alike — is high.
  — Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024