How to Use conventional wisdom in a Sentence

conventional wisdom

noun

• Conventional wisdom in Hollywood says that a movie can't succeed unless it stars a famous actor or actress.
• The conventional wisdom would be to close down, take your lumps, wait it out, and hope for the best.
  — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2021
• Still, the conventional wisdom is that Democrats will get both bills in the end.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 24 Sep. 2021
• Geddes’ claim flew in the face of the conventional wisdom.
  — Christopher Preston, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2022
• The 30-year run for that bit of conventional wisdom has, at least for now, come to an end.
  — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
• This dashes much of the conventional wisdom of the Trump era.
  — W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 8 Dec. 2021
• Sell was the conventional wisdom in April, and buy was all the rage during their red-hot May.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2021
• That flies in the face of conventional wisdom, which suggests that prices should slide as rates rise.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 July 2024
• After all, that’s the conventional wisdom that many of us grew up with.
  — Mckale Montgomery, The Conversation, 19 May 2022
• And conventional wisdom would have it as Hill’s job to lose.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Mar. 2022
• With the shot clock off and the score locked at 46, conventional wisdom would have called for Valley Vista’s star senior point guard to slow the game down.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2023
• Contrary to conventional wisdom, 2024 is not the first time it's been like this.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
• Some of the new evidence challenges the conventional wisdom that had formed around the killing.
  — Jill Cowan, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• And one thing that's fascinating is that the conventional wisdom, which used to be true, used to be that this is about the power of the NRA.
  — NBC News, 29 May 2022
• The conventional wisdom is the union won’t succeed, so most experts are looking to see how close the vote will be.
  — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2021
• Lukas Reichel has played on the fourth line and, contrary to conventional wisdom, thrived in that role.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2024
• On one hand, tip your hat to a team that has the courage to eschew conventional wisdom and pick kids way ahead of where they were slated to go.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
• Contrary to conventional wisdom, the power to abolish the monarchy doesn’t lie with the monarch alone.
  — Time, 15 Sep. 2022
• If true, this fact could shatter much of the conventional wisdom about AI.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
• Now a study from the research firm Pied Piper appears to turn that conventional wisdom on its head.
  — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 20 July 2022
• The conventional wisdom for what to do if you're caught in a rip current is to swim parallel to shore to try and escape it.
  — Cara Korte, CBS News, 6 June 2023
• But against all conventional wisdom, Canonero won — and then did it again two weeks later in the Preakness.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 8 May 2022
• Sometimes the best way to avoid crowds is to defy conventional wisdom.
  — Christopher Elliott, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022
• And that was sort of the conventional wisdom for a lot of gay comedians.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2022
• The conventional wisdom among analysts is that Haney and Campos will face off in the runoff.
  — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2022
• The conventional wisdom was the race would be tight, and that something little would decide it.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2021
• The size of the ballot won’t set a record — the conventional wisdom is voters will see 10, maybe 11, statewide propositions this fall.
  — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022
• But when the election was all said and done, was that conventional wisdom correct?
  — Galen Druke, ABC News, 15 May 2024
• The conventional wisdom is that support for third-party candidates fades in the last two weeks before the election, which could further tighten the race.
  — Victoria Balara, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
• The conventional wisdom held that Pompeii’s residents were wealthy Romans — either on holiday or enjoying their second home.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024