How to Use convey in a Sentence

convey

verb
  • The pipes convey water to the fields.
  • They conveyed the goods by ship.
  • He conveyed the estate to his son.
  • The singer was conveyed from her hotel to the airport by limousine.
  • The message conveyed a sense of urgency.
  • Hirsch manages to convey this optimism, as well as just a little bit of terror.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • This niche class of beers is crafted to convey familiar dessert flavor profiles in liquid form.
    Brandon Hernández, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The pre-registration bonus will convey as $50 in site credit over each of your first four weeks as a player.
    cleveland, 27 Dec. 2022
  • In comedy, fish are used to convey what is proper social behavior.
    Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Even the word itself in its simplicity fails to convey its importance in the range of human emotions.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2022
  • At the same time, some of the sculptures convey a sense of wit and playfulness that doesn’t easily tie into the grief narrative.
    Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
  • When artists convey emotions or ideas deeply and effectively, their impact is amplified.
    Ranjeet Mudholkar, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Throughout the night, Drake managed to convey a quiet understanding of his music’s appeal.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The striking interplay of color in his large-scale canvases conveys the vividness of memory, both painful and beautiful.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Charlese Antoinette, the costume designer behind the project explains that that distinction was one of the most important points to convey.
    Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2023
  • In our view, these films convey a vital message about Earth’s creeping environmental catastrophe.
    Amanda Kennell, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2024
  • These videos are also aesthetically predictable, usually starting with solemn shots of a stadium meant to convey a program’s achievements.
    Ali Breland, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Middleton testified during the hearing and said district attorneys issue statements to convey their positions on issues to voters.
    Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Even the trailer didn't quite convey what the show was.
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The message conveyed by both camps was that mum’s the word.
    Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Again, make sure those rights convey to the brand in the contract.
    Jim Tobin, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The best part of this offer is that the $200 bonus can convey win or lose.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The Getty Center minimizes the sense of a looming academic lesson that so many museums convey when visitors enter.
    WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The wager doesn’t even have to win for the $200 in bet credits to convey.
    cleveland, 28 Jan. 2023
  • In 2024, that just feels like the wrong message to convey to our kids.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Miller added that Patrick didn’t have to convey his feelings about the process.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The facility had a plan for the storm that was conveyed to us by the staff.
    Lisa J. Huriash, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Wasn’t that what drew him to the theater, to convey a message?
    John Leland, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The purpose of the core message is to convey your focus.
    Liana Zavo, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
  • What is the best and proper way to convey my apologies?
    Judith Martin, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020

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