"We're not going to let convention dictate our strategy."

After the death of poor Charles Hamilton, her first husband, convention dictated that she dress in widow's weeds.

Life is not lived; literary fashion displays it, old-fangled conventions dictate it.

It is unknown why he chose the spelling Belemnotheutis rather than what common convention would have dictated - Belemnoteuthis.

Conway seeks to explain how conventions of gender have historically dictated the archetypes that men and women summon when writing their lives.

Because convention dictates some kind of appearance by the designer, the audience kept up the applause until hundreds of well-manicured hands began to chafe.

Although every map element serves some purpose, convention only dictates inclusion of some elements, while others are considered optional.

For home and away jerseys in North America, historical convention has often dictated the colors used by most teams in a given league.

As long as you're wearing that veil, convention dictates that you are not really here.

The women are behaving as the social conventions dictate, attending to the kitchen and housework, acting modestly and looking pretty.