conventionalize

Example Sentences

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"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

I'll just make studies now, and this winter I'll conventionalize them and work them into patterns.

From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene

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 like to draw from flowers and leaves and things about me; conventionalize them sometimes, and sometimes paint them just as they are,—in soft silk stitches.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

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