8 sentences with 'convention'
Example sentences and phrases with the word convention and other words derived from it.
• « By a stroke of bad luck, there were 200 Scandinavian cops staying at the hotel for a convention, and by the time Roberts, Olsen and Ulving met the ex-convict Walker, he was a nervous wreck. »
• « As he was about to finish his long speech announcing Michael Dukakis' candidacy for the US presidency at the 1988 Democratic convention, Bill Clinton realised that he had not made a good impression. »
• « The custom of face and body painting had a religious significance long before it became a social convention reserved exclusively - or almost exclusively - for women. »
• « Shays' Rebellion convinced George Washington to come out of retirement and lead the convention called by Alexander Hamilton to amend the Articles of Confederation to deal with insurgencies like the one in Massachusetts and provide greater stability in the United States. »
• « Although the original purpose of the convention was to amend the Articles of Confederation, some - though not all - delegates rushed to create a new framework for a more powerful national government. This proved highly controversial. »
• « But the Annapolis Convention of 1786 was unable to provide any solutions because only five states sent delegates. However, these delegates accepted a plan put forward by Alexander Hamilton to hold a second convention in May 1787 in Philadelphia. »
• « These arguments for wartime disunion, combined with the convention's condemnation of the government, made the Federalists appear unpatriotic. The convention forever discredited the Federalist Party and brought about its downfall. »