All 13 Uses of
convention
in
Rebecca
- I wished I had the courage to go by the Service staircase and so by roundabout way to the restaurant, and there warn him of the ambush. Convention was too strong for me though, nor did I know how I should frame my sentence. There was nothing for it but to sit in my usual place beside Mrs Van Hopper while she, like a large, complacent spider, spun her wide net of tedium about the stranger's person.
Chpt 3convention = normally acceptable behavior
- My face would be set in a prim, conventional smile, my voice would be saying, 'Look at that funny old man over there; I wonder who he is; he must be new here.'†
Chpt 6
- I told him 'Yes,' a little breathlessly, uncertain whether I was speaking the truth or not, for to me a rhododendron was a homely, domestic thing, strictly conventional, mauve or pink in colour, standing one beside the other in a neat round bed.†
Chpt 7
- I cannot remember her words now, but I know that she bade me welcome to Manderley, in the name of herself and the staff, a stiff, conventional speech rehearsed for the occasion, spoken in a voice as cold and lifeless as her hands had been.†
Chpt 7
- I had sometimes wondered what would happen if convention were denied, if, having got into the car and waved a hand to my hostess on the doorstep, I suddenly opened it again, and said, 'I don't think I'll go back after all.'
Chpt 11convention = normally acceptable behavior
- I used to wonder if convention and good county manners would brave the surprise, and whether a smile of welcome would be summoned to the frozen face, 'But of course!'
Chpt 11
- Safe, conventional, very correct.
Chpt 11 *conventional = normal or typical
- 'We're very conventional down here, you know, about these things.†
Chpt 16
- It must be that I had a small mean mind, a conventional, petty hatred of gossip.†
Chpt 18
- There was nothing brave or fine about it, it was a wretched tribute to convention.
Chpt 18convention = normally acceptable behavior
- I suppose Frith was thinking about it too, and I thought how much easier it would be if we cast aside convention and let him join in with us, if he had anything to say.
Chpt 21convention = normal behavior
- For the first time since I had known him he was at a loss for the usual conventional phrase.†
Chpt 23
- I pushed Maxim away, I stood up straight and conventional, patting my hair into place.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical