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.
• 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 singles sign up for a less conventional approach to modern dating and will choose someone to marry without ever meeting them.
  — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
• Since Proposition 12 passed, at least six other states have voted to prohibit the sale of conventional eggs.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2023
• Using a sledgehammer, a conventional hammer, and an axe, the vandal dug into the slab of stone and stole two reliquaries containing three relics.
  — Roman Catholic, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2023
• In case something went wrong with the zero-carbon setup, the plane’s other propeller was powered by a conventional kerosine engine.
  — Time, 20 Jan. 2023
• Yamamoto turned the anticipated bullpen game for the Dodgers into something more conventional.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
• Samsung has been a top memory chipmaker for three decades but has recently been losing ground to rivals on both conventional and advanced AI chips.
  — Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
• Will companies be able to produce enough affordable meat to disrupt conventional animal agriculture?
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 20 Jan. 2023
• The actual process is messier and more laborious, and, at the moment, it is largely used to construct walls, while conventional methods are used for foundations, floors, roofs, and finishes.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024