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Painters all over America had deduced from Abstract Expressionism that art, to be sincere, must be thick and splashy, so that the galleries were full of conventional signs for unconvention.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was thinking how different everything might have been, but for that unfortunate unconvention.

From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Jenkins, Herbert George

Not rude, the act savoured somehow of the downright free bigness of unconvention.

From Six Feet Four by Gregory, Jackson

They had quarreled some days ago, for Mr. Pennington’s lazy humor had turned to a reckless unconvention which had somewhat startled her.

From The Maker of Opportunities by Gibbs, George

His guests had finished now, and they came back presently to the big, deep settle, happy in the comfort of plenteous food, the warmth and the cosy seat, and the wild unconvention of it all.

From The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods by Paine, Albert Bigelow