conform

Example Sentences

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Likewise, the eternal question of whether two harmless individuals can travel where they want and refuse to conform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

"As telescopes and detection methods become more precise, we are strengthening our ability to find planetary systems that don't resemble our own and that don't conform to longstanding theories," he says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

"Students were rebelling, but with hope and celebration, not anger. The film was about people finding joy in being themselves and saying we don't want to conform," says Krishen in the same interview.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Such forces will remain in place and be turned against anyone who does not submit and conform.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

Hence again I have stayed in my hole, because up above there's an increasing passion to make men conform to a pattern.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison