How to Use convention in a Sentence

convention

noun

• 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 summit venue, at Bangkok’s main convention center near a vast parkland, was cordoned off with some streets closed to traffic.
  — Krutika Pathi, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
• All that stands in their way is a Santa convention and a guest appearance from country royalty Marie Osmond.
  — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 23 Nov. 2022
• More:Who's co-chairing the Democratic convention in Chicago?
  — John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
• Would violence, perhaps at the 2024 GOP convention, be out of the question?
  — Robert Schlesinger, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
• If the twists are too easily visible and the revelations a hair too formulaic, however, James still treats the genre and its conventions with respect.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Said 'many, many states' would like to have the convention.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 10 June 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 new name for the convention center has yet to be announced.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2019
• But there's much more to choose from outside the doors of the convention center.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2022
• Tickets can be purchased up to the last day of the convention.
  — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2020
• Tickets for all three days of the convention start at $66.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
• The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the resort’s convention center.
  — Katie Rice, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• The two-year countdown to the convention has now begun.
  — Bill Glauber, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022
• So, even if a deal is reached on July 12, it won’t be done in time for the convention.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
• At the convention, Democrats are working to reclaim the flip side of weird.
  — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Here at the convention, most of the panelists aren’t even writers.
  — Jason Kehe, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024