conventionalize

Example Sentences

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To the true romance the idea of marriage is at first repugnant, will not be thought about, for it seeks to square and conventionalize a great burst of the spirit.

From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David

"I thought it was only women who were privileged to change their mind," she began brightly; but Arkwright ignored her attempt to conventionalize the situation.

From Miss Billy — Married by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

We do not separate the features as frequently as did that ancient people, but we conventionalize them as often.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel

Yet she did not know; she did not want to conventionalize him; there was something rather fine about his ruggedness.

From Partners of the Out-Trail by Bindloss, Harold

"It is the incessant, continuous pressure of the herd ... to conventionalize its methods of acquiring the gratification of its needs."

From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Knight, Melvin Moses