How to Use conform in a Sentence

conform

verb

• Most teenagers feel pressure to conform.
• Brittany, who was sixteen years old, quickly saw that the only way to move through the program was to conform.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
• Give yourself breathing room and the strength and courage to do what’s best for you instead of conforming to someone else’s plan.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
• Testers loved the pressure relief without the slow-moving, conforming feel of memory foam.
  — Rachel Tavel, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2024
• The crowd, Canetti says, emerges from the need of the lonely individual to conform with others.
  — Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
• The city permitted Merici Crossings to be built even though its use does not conform with the site’s U-2 zoning.
  — cleveland, 28 Aug. 2021
• Once a top-line spending figure is determined, the party likely will have to agree to pare back some items, from social programs to tax credits, to conform to that number.
  — Tribune Media Services, al, 26 Sep. 2021
• This arrangement means the user can settle back into the chair while the cushions conform to the curves of the body with the lumbar cushion giving wider support for the lower back.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
• Your social desire to conform distorts your independent judgment.
  — Filippo Menczer, The Conversation, 20 Sep. 2021
• Every issue must neatly conform to the desires of one side or the other, with virtue-signaling a bipartisan strategy.
  — Adam M. Carrington, National Review, 17 Sep. 2021
• But going back will also mean a return to microaggressions, pressure to conform to white standards of professionalism, and high rates of stress and burnout.
  — New York Times, 3 Sep. 2021
• Among other details, top retailers allege that they were pushed by the Stidhams to have weight loss surgery to conform to their idealized image of what women should look like.
  — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 10 Sep. 2021
• Both Amber and Reyna emphasized the necessity of self-worth and the courage to stand firm in their beliefs, even when faced with pressure to conform.
  — Essence, 31 Oct. 2024
• Today’s workforce of change agents cannot be fruitful if they’re forced to conform to a single inflexible strategy laid out for them regardless of their local context.
  — Brent McHugh, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
• The latter is used to ensure panels are secured properly, there are no gaps, and the finished car conforms to the CAD model it was built from.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
• Use the palm of your hand to conform to the curved surface of the lens.
  — Michael Austin, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2017
• Use the palm of your hand to conform to the curved surface of the lens.
  — Michael Austin, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2017
• The waist sits high and snug, while the hint of stretch conforms to your curves.
  — Paula Lee, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2024
• The British pressure to conform comes from the bottom up as well as the top down.
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 2 June 2022
• These have motors in the headlamps that bend the beams to conform to road changes.
  — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 26 June 2020
• Knot the ear loops for a tighter fit, and use the metal nose bar to help the mask conform to the contours of your face.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 20 Apr. 2022
• The bean bag is filled with polystyrene beads that conform to your shape.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
• But the pressure to conform was too much for a little kid.
  — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2020
• And my career has had to conform to these rules for too long.
  — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 6 May 2021
• Then, many of us feel the pressure to conform to trends and change our hair and makeup.
  — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 18 Jan. 2024
• If your preferences don’t align with the home decor trends of the week, month, or year, don’t feel the need to conform.
  — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• The fact that the lovers conform to a type, in their sighing and gasping, seems to buoy up, not to pop, the erotic mood.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• Those who can conform, who can subjugate their egos for the greater good of the team, will thrive.
  — Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2019
• The elastic stays in tip-top shape and the sock conforms tightly to your foot through dozens of washes.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• Yes, that was challenging, but to have to conform to that.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024