All 17 Uses
convey
in
The Bourne Ultimatum
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- Conklin paused, and when he answered his quiet voice conveyed his fear; it was controlled but the fear was there.†
*conveyed = communicated or expressed
- Do you wish me to convey that judgment?†
convey = communicate or express
- He was partially right, but he had not anticipated an embarrassment of personnel and conveyances.†
*conveyances = means of transport
- There was little that was distinguished about this short, gaunt, elderly visitor; instead, he conveyed the look of defeat.†
- "Monsieur, it is Paris," she said, her wide gray eyes conveying an urgency missing in her low, understated voice.†
- Not only with the instant offering of the Patrick name, but, more important, by using the word "learned" which conveyed that of a scholar-or a judge.†
- A leisurely hour later, Teagarten and his lady were interrupted by the general's chauffeur, a middle-aged army sergeant whose expression conveyed his anxiety.†
- The conveyance barely held the three of them, and once the iron gate was closed, the silent messenger pressed a button in the darkness and spoke.†
- I simply report to old men who every now and then convey information that I must have-such as this evening on the boulevard Lefebvre.†
- "Easy, Canada," said Jason, his voice now softer, conveying thought, not anger.†
- ...She's just heard an extraordinary piece of information that she knew should only be conveyed to him, not sent through the message tunnels.†
- Regardless, there are times when advertisements aren't necessary, only the means to convey the information credibly.†
- It was the face of a peasant, the narrow, perpetually squinting eyes conveying a peasant's shrewd intelligence.†
- Altogether there were perhaps twenty conveyances in the dirt lot, parked in a semicircle.†
- The terrible message was conveyed.†
- And how will you convey this reminder, this message, this supreme statement of yours?†
- His decidedly inferior clothes seemed to annoy him whenever he glanced down at them, but he shrugged continually in silence, the shrugs conveying the fact that soon he would be back in sartorial splendor.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(convey as in: convey her thoughts) communicate or express
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(2)
(convey as in: convey title to the property) to give or transfer -- especially legal title
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(3)
(convey as in: convey her safely to) transportToday, this sense of convey is seldom seen outside of historic literature.
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely (and then probably in classic literature), conveyance can refer to a carriage or other means of transportation.