Sentence examples for convened off from inspiring English sources

A small prayer circle had convened off to the side; someone played a drum, and a long smoking wooden pipe was passed around.

Usually he appears with a small band, but he has convened a nonet off and on since the 1970's.

Actually, it was the parents of the prospective Brownies who convened on the playground after we dropped off our daughters at school.

The Congress had convened on Mar.

The U.N. body that convened the gathering, brushed off the criticism, saying Mugabe's presence "was not a scandal".

ONE might think that any meeting of the National Coalition Against Legalised Gambling (NCALG) nowadays would be convened merely to sell off the group's meagre assets and go home.

Discovering Anthimus' real beliefs on a visit to Constantinople in early March 536, Pope Agapetus convened a synod, broke off ecclesiastical communion with the patriarch, deposed him, and nullified his ministerial power.

The United Nations, which has so far held off convening a tribunal to investigate East Timor, said the amendment might lead it to reconsider.

Yet Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, who convened the summit and called off the negotiations, said he was optimistic leaders "should be able to bridge existing divergences" in the new year.

Then they spray-painted three government buildings and, to top it all off, on Saturday convened thousands to blockade five bridges in central London.

An emergency meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was convened, the Commander-in-Chief pulled off his vacation.