conformed

Example Sentences

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A majority, however, were not ideologically driven: “They simply conformed, did what was asked of them, averted their gaze from any unpleasantness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Due to its enormous economy and population, automakers have conformed to California’s rules.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

Pretty much all of these rebuttals conformed to the tone, style, and structure that have become the standard format for journalistic fact-checking in the internet era.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2024

We bought into the sport just as much as we conformed to its caricature of manhood.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2024

It is remarkable that we have all accepted this, without hooting, as though it simply conformed to a law of nature.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas