Sentence examples for conventions were held from inspiring English sources
In 2008 the Republican and Democratic national conventions were held in Minneapolis and Denver respectively.
Mr. Boylston visited the Duquettes in Westport whenever his trucking conventions were held in New York or Boston.
Conventions were held, feuds and friendships flourished, and science fiction began its long climb, never to respectability but rather toward mass acceptance.
Psychological conventions were held around the series; professors used it in university courses; statistics showed that hordes of people went into therapy, or back into it.
Other woman suffrage conventions were held as the movement gained its first mass strength, but at first no way of extending the vote to women was known except by amendments to the constitutions of the various states.
Wyoming, never before even a whistle-stop in a Republican nominating campaign because its county conventions were held in March and were overshadowed by primaries in bigger states, deliberately broke party rules by holding its conventions before Feb. 5.
Most of the conventions are held at cool resorts and it's amazing what you can learn about sunburn and sail water therapy by attending one of them.
The Democratic and Republican nominating conventions are held during the summer prior to the November general election and are publicly funded through the taxpayer check-off system.
In the United States, national party conventions are held every four years to nominate candidates for the presidency and vice presidency and to adopt a national platform.
Of all these differences, the contrast in racial and ethnic demographics is perhaps most visible to viewers of the conventions, being held this year on consecutive weeks.
