How to Use convene in a Sentence

convene

verb

• This class convenes twice a week.
• We convened at the hotel for a seminar.
• A panel of investigators was convened by the president to review the case.
• The Utah Supreme Court upheld a five-judge panel’s decisions not to convene a grand jury in that case.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
• Rabbi Mintz convened an Orthodox beth din with two younger rabbis, who gave off Brooklyn hipster vibes.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
• In theory, the holidays should be a time of joyfully convening around sumptuous homemade meals and giving thanks for life’s great bounty.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2024
• The judge can then convene a court hearing in which petitioners present evidence to withhold weapons longer, typically a year, and the owner can argue against that.
  — Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
• The advisory committee will convene two to four public meetings annually to review potential name changes.
  — Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022
• Eventually, in 1998, a grand jury was convened to hear charges against the Ramseys, but as far as most people remember, nothing came of it.
  — Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
• The mission management team is scheduled to convene on Tuesday afternoon to develop a strategy going forward.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022
• The group would convene within the first 30 days of her term in the White House.
  — Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
• In May of 2012, a panel was convened to debate whether the work of Christopher Hitchens would stand the test of time.
  — David Amsden, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
• The younger hikers convene in small groups, pull off their boots and settle in shady spots.
  — Rebecca Frankel, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
• Sexton’s workout group hasn’t convened since, and he and others have been left to train on their own.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2023
• In June, a Texas grand jury convened to decide if Scott and others who helped plan the event should be charged.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
• The grand jury that was already convened was set to expire.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023
• Although the panel won’t convene until April 2025, the new record seems likely at this point.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
• After all, Alfie has managed to convene us, you and me, on this page, in this moment.
  — Carl Safina, TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
• The session will convene in Annapolis Jan. 11 and end April 10.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2023
• For more than three decades, hoofers-in-training have convened in downtown Chicago for Rhythm World.
  — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2024
• In the late nineties, Susan Cox, a Korean adoptee, came up with the idea of convening adult Korean adoptees for the first time.
  — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• There's no need to convene a full-on planning session here, but then again, a group text could go a little haywire.
  — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2023
• Over the course of a tense two-day period, the women convene in a hayloft to debate their options: do nothing, stay and fight or leave.
  — Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• Grandes dames have the Paris couture shows, and major art collectors convene at Basel.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2023
• Eleven of us hung in different corners in midair and then convened on a stage covered with water.
  — Billboard China, Billboard, 11 May 2023
• With a little more infrastructure, the thinking goes, Reddit might be able to convene more sales and take a cut of the action.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
• One day, the school convened a talk with the students to negotiate a solution.
  — Azadeh Moaveni, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• After the Senate has convened, the majority makes the calls.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
• The hordes of volunteers, performers and athletes convened to help bid Paris adieu to 19 days of the global spotlight.
  — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2024
• Family and friends convened at the castle and made the most of the grounds with hunting, fishing, horseback riding, picnics and hikes.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024