How to Use convene in a Sentence

convene

verb
  • This class convenes twice a week.
  • We convened at the hotel for a seminar.
  • A panel of investigators was convened by the president to review the case.
  • The group would convene within the first 30 days of her term in the White House.
    — Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In May of 2012, a panel was convened to debate whether the work of Christopher Hitchens would stand the test of time.
    — David Amsden, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • These days, folks convene beside a propane stove and steam bivalves by the pot.
    — Jennifer Hope Choi, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The younger hikers convene in small groups, pull off their boots and settle in shady spots.
    — Rebecca Frankel, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The trips convene twice a day from the Shoreditch High Street overground station at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
    — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The House is now scheduled to convene at 1 p.m., Kotek announced.
    — oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Shortly thereafter, the full board was asked to convene March 30.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2022
  • That board has not met since June and is scheduled to convene next on July 26.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2021
  • This group of cardinals will convene to choose the new pontiff.
    — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • The task force has yet to convene; it was formed late last week and had yet to be formally announced, Mr. Sklar said.
    — Daniela Hernandez, WSJ, 6 July 2021
  • Sexton’s workout group hasn’t convened since, and he and others have been left to train on their own.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Thailand will convene yet more APEC events throughout the year.
    — WSJ, 28 May 2022
  • The first group to convene next month will be young players at the team's development camp from Sept. 9 to 13.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2021
  • In June, a Texas grand jury convened to decide if Scott and others who helped plan the event should be charged.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The House is now set to convene Saturday at 10 a.m., but that could be delayed again by Stutes.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2022
  • The grand jury that was already convened was set to expire.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Although the panel won’t convene until April 2025, the new record seems likely at this point.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Jordan planned to convene a meeting of other Arab states on the issue.
    — Joseph Krauss, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2022
  • After all, Alfie has managed to convene us, you and me, on this page, in this moment.
    — Carl Safina, TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Next week, 100 Fremantle people from around the world will convene in Rome.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The session will convene in Annapolis Jan. 11 and end April 10.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The hearing is scheduled to convene at 10 a.m. Arizona time.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2022
  • For more than three decades, hoofers-in-training have convened in downtown Chicago for Rhythm World.
    — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2024
  • In the late nineties, Susan Cox, a Korean adoptee, came up with the idea of convening adult Korean adoptees for the first time.
    — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Mace said there a hearing about the drones is not scheduled yet for the new Congress, which convenes on January 3.
    — Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • DeLeon convened a task force to devise best practices for institutions with historical collections of remains, an area with hardly any regulatory guidance.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • Fellows will convene on a regular basis to share their discoveries, and will disseminate their work broadly through publications and presentations.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 26 June 2025

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