conforming

Example Sentences

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They produce conforming and compliant speech and behavior, which can have longer-term social impacts.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

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

Then I retype it on white paper, conforming to rules of manuscript preparation, and run out & mail it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 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