How to Use conform in a Sentence

conform

verb
  • Most teenagers feel pressure to conform.
  • This does not conform to the trend of the times.
    — Lim Hui Jie,joanna Ossinger, CNBC, 31 May 2026
  • The waist sits high and snug, while the hint of stretch conforms to your curves.
    — Paula Lee, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2024
  • And my career has had to conform to these rules for too long.
    — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 6 May 2021
  • Use the palm of your hand to conform to the curved surface of the lens.
    — Michael Austin, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2017
  • Use the palm of your hand to conform to the curved surface of the lens.
    — Michael Austin, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2017
  • The bean bag is filled with polystyrene beads that conform to your shape.
    — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Buildings seem to grow rather than conform.
    — Big Think, 20 Mar. 2026
  • When lines were drawn that did not conform, the court would take some time to look at these maps.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The league has conformed to The King’s whims.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • My body began to conform to my new way of thinking.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • There is no need to conform to try and fit some leadership mold.
    — Teddy McDarrah, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • These have motors in the headlamps that bend the beams to conform to road changes.
    — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 26 June 2020
  • Pressure to conform — from teachers and peers alike — is high.
    — Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Then, many of us feel the pressure to conform to trends and change our hair and makeup.
    — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Those who can conform, who can subjugate their egos for the greater good of the team, will thrive.
    — Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The agenda for the meeting conforms to what lawyers have said is required by law.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
  • But there was a conscious effort on my part not to conform, by not joining them.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The latter was to conform with a new state law, officials said.
    — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2022
  • The British pressure to conform comes from the bottom up as well as the top down.
    — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 2 June 2022
  • And refuse to conform to a space filled with cookies, cupcakes and copycats.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Something about the peach light feels abnormal—does not conform to the sense of dusk.
    — Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Djokovic is no stranger to a kind draw, and his first couple of matches conform to that pattern.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Douglas carved out a sled to fit his body, adjusting the frame and sticks to conform to his needs.
    — Jane Rogers, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The elastic stays in tip-top shape and the sock conforms tightly to your foot through dozens of washes.
    — John Thompson, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Not to line up and conform to the ideology of those in power.
    — / Cbs News, CBS News, 1 June 2025
  • Knot the ear loops for a tighter fit, and use the metal nose bar to help the mask conform to the contours of your face.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The goal is to conform with where the search engine is going and mitigate risk.
    — Gyi Tsakalakis, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • If your preferences don’t align with the home decor trends of the week, month, or year, don’t feel the need to conform.
    — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Not conforming to a gender brings a set of challenges to Hazel in school.
    — Ricky Pinela, orlandosentinel.com, 26 July 2019

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