How to Use contravention in a Sentence

contravention

noun
  • Books deemed to be in contravention of the law have also been removed from stores and libraries.
    — James Griffiths, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
  • That’s bad for the body politic and a clear contravention of the Constitution.
    — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 9 Jan. 2017
  • This would be unacceptable and stand in direct contravention to our system of law and government.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
  • Ben asked, in direct contravention of the mantra that everything is necessarily the best in the best of all possible leagues.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Philadelphia schools again mandated kids show up in masks, in contravention of science and parental preference.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Except one has been teed up for weeks, over Pennsylvania’s extension of its ballot deadline in plain contravention of state law.
    — Holman W. Jenkins Jr., WSJ, 6 Nov. 2020
  • This effort was in direct contravention of a law passed by Congress that forbade the delivery of lethal weapons of war to the Contras.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 11 Oct. 2016
  • But Democratic leaders are now saying they should be allowed to stay, in contravention of our immigration laws.
    — Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, 17 July 2019
  • That continues to amass nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them in contravention of its global treaty obligations.
    — Danielle Pletka, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022
  • In fact, at least thirteen countries sentence the death penalty for offenses committed in contravention of blasphemy laws.
    — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • There are private investigators, of course, who find the old techniques irresistible and continue to employ them, often in contravention of the law.
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Or, more simply, to shame Incognito for its shoddy design, and for its blocking of trades in contravention of its professed creed of decentralization and free trade.
    — Gian M. Volpicelli, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Many marchers wore masks in contravention of a government ban on facial coverings at public assemblies, meant to deter participation in protests.
    — Time, 20 Oct. 2019
  • In some cases, a game-changing innovation has been achieved without initial management support—even in contravention of instructions.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Most messages sent by the system are Amber Alerts, usually involving children who have been taken by one of their parents in contravention of a court order.
    — Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2020
  • While it is centrally located, the current building has no setback and looming directly over the street -- in contravention of requirements for embassies built in the war-on-terror era.
    — Joshua Partlow, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Therefore, any violence in the history of Christianity is in contravention to the basic spirit of the religion.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2013
  • For one thing, Baltimore’s consent decree requires that the city hire more police officers, in contravention of activist calls to greatly reduce spending on policing.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Its management of sporting arenas was exposed earlier this year when a cluster of coronavirus cases came from a boxing event in Bangkok that took place in contravention of lockdown measures.
    — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Russia and Ukrainian officials have accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant in contravention of nuclear safety rules.
    — Susie Blann, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Romeo says she was driven to the Weston and Davie police stations by an unidentified officer who failed to radio in her movements in contravention of department policies.
    — Mario Ariza, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Europe’s sweeping new data privacy law came into effect this morning, and Google and Facebook have already been hit with formal complaints over alleged contraventions.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 25 May 2018
  • And there is no moral contradiction between welcoming Maduro’s capture and acknowledging its contravention of international rules.
    — Juan Pablo Spinetto, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The sales allow Tehran to build international links in defiance of Western efforts to isolate it, and provide an additional source of revenue alongside oil sold in contravention of sanctions.
    — Farnaz Fassihi, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022
  • The end result was a dataset covering 87 million users that the developer than passed on to Cambridge Analytica, in contravention of Facebook's terms of service.
    — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2022
  • In a contravention of international law, Israel subjects Palestinians living under its rule in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to what is in effect martial law.
    — Ilan Z. Baron, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Independent Senator Derryn Hinch, who was molested as a child and was jailed twice as a radio broadcaster for naming pedophiles in contravention of court orders, took credit for the government initiative.
    — Rod McGuirk, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017
  • Detainees are also denied access to lawyers for up to 90 days and their location is withheld from rights groups as well as from the International Committee of the Red Cross, in what some legal experts say is a contravention of international law.
    — Bilal Shbair, New York Times, 6 June 2024

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