conforming to

Example Sentences

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In totalitarian societies, she summarizes, “either you are destroyed by conforming to the regime, or you are destroyed through non-compliance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"Not conforming to these stagings can be perceived as a lack of love or romance."

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

"A lot of teams would make excuses but we are not one," Brook said, both conforming to and contradicting coach Brendon McCullum's call for humility.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

But it's a particularly delicate experience for queer people, who often spend a fair share of their childhood and adolescence conforming to the rigid norms of their surroundings.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

Many of the commonest usage errors are the result of writers thinking logically when they should be mindlessly conforming to convention.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker