Example Sentences

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Supporters of a female priesthood say Jesus was conforming to the customs of his times and that women played a greater role in the early Church than is commonly recognised.

From Reuters • Jan. 23, 2022

In posting his theses Luther was conforming to an established tradition of scholastic discourse.

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2017

“I can’t believe how naturally and easily I was conforming to everything,” Cockcroft says.

From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2017

Mainly, they are saying that Bank of America was servicing loans in these bonds that the bank knew violated the underwriting standards that the investors had been led to believe the bank was conforming to.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2010

It gave her pleasure to think that in so far she was conforming to his suggestion.

From Marcia Schuyler by Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill