Sentence examples for conventional thing from inspiring English sources

No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him".

"I'm dancing in the dark", agitates Charli, as if that was not an entirely conventional thing to do.

And until now, not doing the conventional thing has been essential to his appeal: ignoring the venomous glare of the media is the kernel of his authenticity.

He must have lost his squash partners in the split, because he somehow persuaded my parents, both committed leftists, to do an unconventionally conventional thing — join the Heights Casino, a somewhat elitist, old racket club in Brooklyn Heights.

Carla Bruni, the singer and ex-model who became the third wife of Nicolas Sarkozy when he was president, has urged France's first couple to do the conventional thing and marry.

Throughout her career, she has chosen the people she wants to work for or the situations that interest her, and never wanted to be one of "the group of very talented guys who want to do the conventional thing".

Flats, recording studios and libraries are some of the more conventional things they have turned into.

Can the PAS House have conventional things like wall art and exposed light switches?

Deborah, a daughter of so many choices, wonders about the conventional things that passed her by.

"They'll only do conventional things that have a fair measure of a guarantee of success.

I know he was capable of writing conventional things that people would take seriously, but that didn't interest him".