Sentence examples for challenged convention from inspiring English sources

Mr. Carlin gained acclaim for his often acerbic routines that took aim at the establishment and challenged convention.

He challenged convention, he helped make it more acceptable to be different   @Independent His music reminded people how to live their lives.

The Sex Pistols challenged convention and the established ways of thinking – just as we are doing today in our quest to shake up UK banking".

Paula is only too aware that she may come to be judged, like Bedford, as a supreme talent that challenged convention, changed attitudes and broke world records but ultimately fell short at the Olympics.

When Juan Muñoz died, aged 48, in the year that his Turbine Hall installation at the Tate Modern was met with critical acclaim, Sir Nicholas Serota praised the Spanish sculptor as an artist who took risks, challenged convention and explored the darker side of human nature with humour.

As Serota, director of Tate Modern, commented when Muñoz suddenly died from a heart attack while holidaying in Ibiza in 2001: "He challenged convention in his determination to use but not be trapped by his Spanish heritage and in his decision to work with figures when most of his peers were working in an abstract or conceptual vein.

Ms. Gitlin's firm, Huelster Design Studio, has challenged conventions by marrying front porches with other home styles, even the Colonial.

She challenged conventions there as well, stripping the magazine of much of its stodgy feel and de-emphasizing fiction writing for long reported pieces on current events and breezy feature articles.

Many who are parenting now came of age during an era that rightly challenged conventions of privilege and power.

A sceptical voice, the child questioning the adult, the artist challenging convention, the individual challenging authority; casting doubt on infallibility and the imposition of authoritarian control.

The staff of HSB itself challenges convention.