How to Use conformity in a Sentence

conformity

noun
  • The corporate culture demands a certain conformity of appearance.
  • And yet something is pulling at the edges of this conformity.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The girls at school are ruled by the twin gods of conformity and cliquishness.
    — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 7 July 2023
  • But those books aren’t driven by the fight against conformity.
    — Andy Crump, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Wild mink, because of their lack of conformity, have not been able to fill in for ranch stock.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2020
  • Defiance in the face of conformity should be the virtue that’s revered.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Most of the ‘protest’ songs about the bomb and race prejudice and conformity are stupid.
    — Mick Stevens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Or maybe, for the masses, conformity’s pull will remain too strong.
    — Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2020
  • For a sport that is so personal, there was so much conformity and so little flair.
    — Katharine K. Zarrella, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2025
  • But such thinking puts her at increasing risk in a world where conformity is king.
    — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Once upon a time, cardboard was going to save us all from conformity.
    — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 23 July 2021
  • Outliers who struggle to find their place in a world of conformity and structure.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Some of her efforts toward conformity did protect her for a bit.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2021
  • To work without any conformity was super scary.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Does that sort of conformity gain us anything in terms of policy?
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Most ads didn’t seek to remind people of a dark world urging conformity.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Whether states with an income tax will also adopt this change depends on conformity.
    — Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • But a crisis of conformity still plagues C-suites and boardrooms around the world.
    — Halla Tomasdottir, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Meg’s faults, in other words, are a response to a world that tries to push her into conformity.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 29 Nov. 2018
  • They aren’t constrained by attention spans or the pull of conformity.
    — Neeraj Gulati, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Büsser does not stand accused of conformity.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • And despair by the body politic, whose common sense is at odds with the anxious conformity of those in power.
    — Kevin Warsh, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Even the Catholic Church has had it up to their scapulars with beauty conformity.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Mar. 2026
  • While in the program, his head was shaved to maintain the military conformity.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Once launched off the rails of conformity, Jane is a walking cataclysm.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Amaarae, while wary of genre conformity, has also called her music Afro-fusion.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2022
  • History is full of people who got stuck in sloth and conformity, lost their faith in a shapable future.
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 10 Feb. 2022
  • There’s quite a few studies of the neural signature of conformity.
    — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Elisa and her fellow outsiders make a memorable ad hoc team, fighting the forces of fear and conformity.
    — Michael Phillips, idahostatesman, 25 Dec. 2017
  • This is what makes our country so special, and the struggle against conformity, by the system coming down.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025

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