Sentence examples for of every convention from inspiring English sources

Cleopatra had become the personification of vice, flouter of every convention, breacher of every taboo.

The technical sessions around which the group was organized are still part of every convention, usually lasting about three hours.

"We have moved heaven and earth to try and comply with every single dot and comma of every convention to get him out of the country.

Heavy security like this is a reality of every convention, regardless of party affiliation.

Season by season, Gilligan has stripped him of every convention and crutch normally used to make a bad-guy lead if not likable than at least not repellent.

The culture of acceptance among geeks, coupled with the inherent nature of geeks to share what they love with anyone who is interested and the spreading of geek culture into mainstream culture has opened wide the doors of almost every convention.

Like "Orlando" and "Edwin Mullhouse," Melville's "Israel Potter" is a parody of biography; it upends every convention of Sparks's Library of American Biography.

The show rejected every convention of Broadway, of traditional theatre in general, and of the American musical in specific.

The Pier is probably the most emblematic movie of Marker's oeuvre, even though it breaks every convention of traditional storytelling and cinema.

Repelled at the thought of rubbing shoulders with his dead brother's commanders, he broke every convention of his village culture and refused to attend the funeral.

Girlfight (2000, 15, Col Tri-Star, VHS/DVD Rental) The first film of writer-director Karyn Kusama, this prototypical boxing movie brings in every convention of its genre.