Sentence examples for challenged conventions from inspiring English sources

What I found instead was an engine of change that challenged conventions I didn't realize needed breaking.

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.

It said Channel 4 had warned viewers in advance about the scenes and said Ramsay's programme had "consistently challenged conventions in the UK about the acceptability of various foods and ingredients from around the world".

The choice of research topic challenged conventions and received wisdom – hallmarks of Barbara's lifelong reaction to the controlling and, as she saw it, the often disempowering functions of authority and institutions.

In their own lives and through their writing, the pair challenged conventions prescribed by these ideologies to further their own ends and redefine what was possible for women in early American public life.

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.

Interpreting the work of four distinctive fusion artists Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, Joni Mitchell, and Herbie Hancock Fellezs highlights the ways that they challenged convention in the 1960s and 1970s.

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".

The former challenged convention with the brash launch of its new U by Kotex line.