Sentence examples for breaking convention from inspiring English sources

"Not only are you doing something you love, but you're breaking convention".

By tradition, these speeches are meant to be witty and entertaining, but Conservatives Simon Burns and Sheryll Murray were hellbent on breaking convention.

Were the champagne, wine and sushi that were given out for free in the lobby — breaking convention for such events — worth the humiliation?" Barnea went on: Adelson is a Jew who loves Israel.

The Bloomsbury group were known for breaking convention and rejecting Victorian social norms, so what better subject matter for the BBC to push the boundaries with when it comes to costume drama?

To top off a terrible autumn, Cameron had to apologise to the Queen for breaking convention to tell the former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg that she "purred down the line" when he informed her that Scotland had voted against independence.

Yet breaking convention has been the very definition of the co-founder and CEO Patrick Quinlan who sits at the helm of this innovative software-as-a-service organization.

Mr. Fernandes has a history of breaking conventions.

He commended Mr. Mohseni for breaking conventions by showing men and women together on television and called him "the best-informed person in the world about Afghanistan, which is why we're in business together".

The heads that make up London multimedia design studio Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF) are no strangers to breaking conventions.

The play's staging likewise breaks convention: "Habit" unfolds in a furnished ranch house.

Coming with a booklet of countercultural images and texts, it really broke convention for album packaging.