How to Use contravention in a Sentence

contravention

noun

• That’s bad for the body politic and a clear contravention of the Constitution.
  — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 9 Jan. 2017
• Books deemed to be in contravention of the law have also been removed from stores and libraries.
  — James Griffiths, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
• This effort was in direct contravention of a law passed by Congress that forbade the delivery of lethal weapons of war to the Contras.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 11 Oct. 2016
• Except one has been teed up for weeks, over Pennsylvania’s extension of its ballot deadline in plain contravention of state law.
  — Holman W. Jenkins Jr., WSJ, 6 Nov. 2020
• Or, more simply, to shame Incognito for its shoddy design, and for its blocking of trades in contravention of its professed creed of decentralization and free trade.
  — Gian M. Volpicelli, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2022
• That includes the machinery, purchased in contravention of both U.S. and U.N. sanctions, needed to build nuclear weapons, as well as the missiles needed to deliver them.
  — Bill Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2017
• Most messages sent by the system are Amber Alerts, usually involving children who have been taken by one of their parents in contravention of a court order.
  — Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2020
• Despite obvious superficial differences, the fates of Phillips and Simpson were strikingly similar: two men who, in contravention of the old saw, couldn’t quite leave it all on the field.
  — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2017
• That continues to amass nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them in contravention of its global treaty obligations.
  — Danielle Pletka, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022
• But Democratic leaders are now saying they should be allowed to stay, in contravention of our immigration laws.
  — Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, 17 July 2019
• There are private investigators, of course, who find the old techniques irresistible and continue to employ them, often in contravention of the law.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
• While it is centrally located, the current building has no setback and looming directly over the street -- in contravention of requirements for embassies built in the war-on-terror era.
  — Joshua Partlow, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
• The advice fit in with Trump’s downplaying of the virus, his ridiculing of those who wear masks to protect themselves and others, and his insistence on holding rallies and White House events in contravention of federal guidelines.
  — Gene Johnson and Peter Prengaman, chicagotribune.com, 6 Oct. 2020
• Therefore, any violence in the history of Christianity is in contravention to the basic spirit of the religion.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2013
• Philadelphia schools again mandated kids show up in masks, in contravention of science and parental preference.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
• This gathering was purposefully carried out in contravention to Gov. Ducey's stay-at-home order.
  — Katie Surma, azcentral, 2 May 2020
• The end result was a dataset covering 87 million users that the developer than passed on to Cambridge Analytica, in contravention of Facebook's terms of service.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2022
• In fact, at least thirteen countries sentence the death penalty for offenses committed in contravention of blasphemy laws.
  — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Romeo says she was driven to the Weston and Davie police stations by an unidentified officer who failed to radio in her movements in contravention of department policies.
  — Mario Ariza, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• Its management of sporting arenas was exposed earlier this year when a cluster of coronavirus cases came from a boxing event in Bangkok that took place in contravention of lockdown measures.
  — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2020
• Russia and Ukrainian officials have accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant in contravention of nuclear safety rules.
  — Susie Blann, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022
• For one thing, Baltimore’s consent decree requires that the city hire more police officers, in contravention of activist calls to greatly reduce spending on policing.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2020
• Finally, the tax evasion and money laundering charges against Mr. Manafort are a reminder that Donald Trump, in contravention of decades of bipartisan practice, still has not released his own taxes.
  — Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• One by one, Friedman has taken steps and crossed lines, going where no U.S. ambassador has gone and upturning decades of policy, often in contravention of international law.
  — latimes.com, 9 July 2019
• The sales allow Tehran to build international links in defiance of Western efforts to isolate it, and provide an additional source of revenue alongside oil sold in contravention of sanctions.
  — Farnaz Fassihi, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022
• Europe’s sweeping new data privacy law came into effect this morning, and Google and Facebook have already been hit with formal complaints over alleged contraventions.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 25 May 2018
• Many marchers wore masks in contravention of a government ban on facial coverings at public assemblies, meant to deter participation in protests.
  — Time, 20 Oct. 2019
• In some cases, a game-changing innovation has been achieved without initial management support—even in contravention of instructions.
  — Steve Denning, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• Independent Senator Derryn Hinch, who was molested as a child and was jailed twice as a radio broadcaster for naming pedophiles in contravention of court orders, took credit for the government initiative.
  — Rod McGuirk, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017
• The law, which bypassed Hong Kong's semi-democratic legislature, bans subversion, secession and collusion with foreign forces, with severe prison terms for anyone found in contravention.
  — CNN, 6 Sep. 2020

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