Sentence examples for convene something from inspiring English sources

Boehner actually did convene something called the National Security Solutions Group, a caucus of 18 Republicans that was supposed "to develop solutions to the current and future threats".

They were huddled close together, convening over something.

However, the latest round of Bonn talks is convening with something of a renewed sense of optimism following an encouraging few months for the long-running negotiations.

"This is a serious group," said Representative Peter Roskam of Illinois, the chief deputy Republican whip, "and I think they are going to easily rise above some of the past injuries and sharp elbows and come with an expectation that the House of Representatives is going to convene to accomplish something rather than just settle old scores".

But he apparently changed his mind after the Russian-American agreement to convene a peace conference — something Mr. Brahimi had long sought.

That's the day he expected Bush to announce his return to Iraq to convene a grand assembly — something like an Afghan loya jirga — that would fast-forward a provisional Iraqi government.

People have argued that whenever a group convenes to accomplish something together, a bad deal is made, a good policy is thwarted or creative work loses its spark.

So, are we going to convene a Constitutional convention or something?

For one thing, if you have ever served on a committee, you likely know as well as I that the surest way to never fix something is to convene a whole lot of committees and panels to explore every possible way of disagreeing.

By developing something cool enough to convene and then tap into a global well of creativity, Minecraft's developers have hit the jackpot.

"Inevitably," Mr. Schumer said, "you don't convene a grand jury unless there's something serious".