How to Use conventional in a Sentence

conventional

adjective
  • His views on dating are more conventional than those of some of his friends.
  • While microwaves heat up food more quickly, most food tastes better when it is cooked in a conventional oven.
  • The number sign is the conventional symbol for labeling something measured in pounds.
  • Most of her books are conventional detective stories.
  • Attrition in the conventional battlefield takes a toll.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
  • In one telemedicine study, the costs associated with providing care through telemedicine were found to be less expensive than conventional methods of care.
    Pavel Orlov, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
  • When Girls went off the air, in 2017, Williams had seemed the likeliest of the cast to achieve conventional star status.
    Mattie Kahn, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The interior also features conventional physical switches and dials for many features, plus a large touch screen.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
  • These testing events are based on Data Science and are purely in-silico vs. the conventional in-vitro legacy.
    Dr. Ali Tinazli, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Captured in various states of repose, these men defy conventional masculinity.
    Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The motorized front wheel stays on the bike, but because its 250-watt motor doesn't contain a battery or a control system, it's said to be much lighter than most conventional hub motors.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
  • For McQueen, the boundary between the conventional and the unconventional has always been porous at best.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
  • And at the end, the core of all of this is this desire to be free of the conventional sort of molds that she has been confined to.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
  • In its early stages, Time Out of Mind could have been a far more conventional record.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The highly durable glass is oven-safe up to 752°F, which is well above what conventional home ovens can reach.
    Women's Health, 21 Mar. 2023
  • There's also a bathhouse built on the back of the host's home with a conventional toilet and shower.
    Cari Shane, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Jacob Walsh hit a conventional solo homer in the bottom of the sixth to give Oregon a 4-3 lead.
    Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2023
  • Most found the grind too hard going and the poverty too bleak, and within a few years returned to the city and more conventional lives.
    Christine Ro, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The duo are doing it through a smartphone app and conventional scales.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
  • These tests are the more conventional CBC, or complete blood count.
    Andrew Zaleski, Men's Health, 20 Feb. 2023
  • In fact, the arty posturing in La Chimera is rather conventional.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Green funds tend to do about as well as their conventional counterparts, at least for now.
    Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Bird, for instance, tries to counsel the younger men to settle down with a good woman and let the rhythms of a conventional life console them.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • At the 2022 Met Gala, the Spencer star eschewed conventional red carpet-wear and floor-length gowns for a cropped tuxedo with hot shorts from the French fashion house.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2023
  • Koenig, meanwhile, decided to go for a less conventional red pin-stripe suit with a black button-down and messy bangs to tie it in.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The book begins with what would be a conventional ending.
    Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2024
  • In a conventional war, a U.S. carrier battle group could face scores of AS-4 missiles launched by dozens of bombers.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
  • This year, Russia has fired at least three Kinzhals with conventional warheads during the war against Ukraine.
    Louis Mazzante, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The result is a plush, delicate cake that comes together in half the time as the conventional mixing method.
    Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The United States makes very few conventional bombs larger than 2,000 pounds.
    John Ismay, New York Times, 11 May 2024

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