CONVENE in a Sentence

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10 example sentences for CONVENE, such as:

1. Nearly all the Friends of the A B C had convened that evening.
2. The Prime Minister convened his ministers to discuss the matter.
3. Last August he convened a meeting of his closest advisers at Camp David.
4. Miss Ophelia despatched a messenger, and soon the whole of the servants were convened in the room.
5. Myriel was summoned by Napoleon to the synod of the bishops of France and Italy convened at Paris.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONVENE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
convene
 v.  cause to come together formally
Classic Sentence:
1  Miss Ophelia despatched a messenger, and soon the whole of the servants were convened in the room.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
2  About a month after this, one morning, all the servants of the Shelby estate were convened together in the great hall that ran through the house, to hear a few words from their young master.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
3  Myriel was summoned by Napoleon to the synod of the bishops of France and Italy convened at Paris.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION
4  Nearly all the Friends of the A B C had convened that evening.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
5  Then, turning to Aegyptius, "Sir," said he, "it is I, as you will shortly learn, who have convened you, for it is I who am the most aggrieved."
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK II
6  and so on; but as soon as the war was touched on, or what the nobility had been convened for, the talk became undecided and indefinite.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XXII
7  This is plainly seen in connection with the council convened by the Latins when they thought to separate themselves from the Romans.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XV.
Example Sentence:
1  Six days' public notice must be given when announcing the meeting schedules, meaning the earliest the board can next convene is July 24.
2  Last August he convened a meeting of his closest advisers at Camp David.
3  The Prime Minister convened his ministers to discuss the matter.